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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Party Game?

Co-op Campaign + Party Game

Only 14 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Party Game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Duo Quest, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 60 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450. 60 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 60 announced, ×4.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Co-op Campaign + Party Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 14
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $14k → $959 (still earning) → $2.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Co-op Campaign + Party Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 14
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $959 (exactly $959)
Top 25% $3.4k (exactly $3,356)
Top 5% $12k (exactly $11,692)
Developers, 2 yr 14
Released games 30
Announced 60
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $4.99

momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1200% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Co-op Campaign
effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
Party Game
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Co-op Campaign, Party Game
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 74% positive over 116 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $960, 1 in 4 over $3.3k, 1 in 20 over $11k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 60 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Open WorldPoor odds17 devs · median $267k · 65 announced
  2. + ZombiesPoor odds12 devs · median $27k · 22 announced
  3. + Psychological HorrorPoor odds18 devs · median $27k · 27 announced
  4. + SurvivalPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  5. + HorrorPoor odds31 devs · median $14k · 66 announced
  6. + Survival HorrorPoor odds19 devs · median $14k · 39 announced
  7. + ExplorationPoor odds54 devs · median $14k · 153 announced
  8. + Sci-fiPoor odds40 devs · median $13k · 78 announced
  9. + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds26 devs · median $9.0k · 53 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds19 devs · median $6.6k · 29 announced
  11. + PlatformerPoor odds32 devs · median $6.5k · 90 announced
  12. + CraftingPoor odds17 devs · median $6.2k · 34 announced

All 81 pairs on the Co-op Campaign page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Tools Up! 2019 · $496k KarmaZoo 2023 · $286k SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE 2023 · $229k Griefhelm 2020 · $80k Tinker Racers 2020 · $29k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tools Up! older $19.99 827 78% 25k $496k (exactly $495,952) The Knights of Unity
KarmaZoo older $9.99 955 88% 29k $286k (exactly $286,214) Pastagames
SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE older $19.99 382 78% 11k $229k (exactly $229,085) Second Impact Games
Griefhelm older $9.99 267 75% 8.0k $80k (exactly $80,020) Johnny Dale Lonack
Tinker Racers older $4.99 194 84% 5.8k $29k (exactly $29,042) Rumbora Party Games
Turn the Line! · EA older $13.99 59 79% 1.8k $25k (exactly $24,762) Megatent Inc.
Arcade Party · EA older $14.99 36 80% 1.1k $16k (exactly $16,189) OddOneGames
Raiders Of The Lost Island older $12.99 37 91% 1.1k $14k (exactly $14,419) Last Tales
Heartwood Heroes older $14.99 32 96% 960 $14k (exactly $14,390) Ludosity
Duo Quest $14.99 26 65% 780 $12k (exactly $11,692) 1+1 Studios
Mayday Protocol $7.99 21 71% 630 $5.0k (exactly $5,034) Wazang Games
Emergency Exit $9.99 12 83% 360 $3.6k (exactly $3,596) Cheeky Cat Games
Staged $7.99 14 100% 420 $3.4k (exactly $3,356) Project Sunset
Scales of Silence $4.99 15 100% 450 $2.2k (exactly $2,246) Aggro Games
CheeseMoney $2.99 13 23% 390 $1.2k (exactly $1,166) Liang ZhiYa, Global People Holdings Gro… (Liang ZhiYa, Global People Holdings Group LLC, Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co Ltd)
The Arena $7.99 4 100% 120 $959 (exactly $959) Big W Games
The Anomaly Department $9.99 3 66% 90 $899 (exactly $899) Buder Games
Dig Baby Dig Company · EA $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) SoMeh Studio
Fun Road $2.99 5 60% 150 $449 (exactly $449) RMIT

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.