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Co-op Campaign + Platformer
Of 32 developers who shipped a Co-op Campaign Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 90 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.5k, ×4.3 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $12M, ×8141 the market median. Revenue is up 75% on the market; 90 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,245) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $12,194,950) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 108 |
| Announced | 90 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 up 75% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Platformer; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 94,781 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 90 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Little Nightmares III 2025 · $12M 
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 2019 · $11M 
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013 · $9.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Little Nightmares III | $39.99 | 10,165 46% | 305k | $12M (exactly $12,194,950) | Supermassive Games | |
| | Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince | older | $29.99 | 11,712 88% | 351k | $11M (exactly $10,537,286) | Frozenbyte |
| | Trine 2: Complete Story | older | $19.99 | 15,273 95% | 458k | $9.2M (exactly $9,159,218) | Frozenbyte |
 | Trine Enchanted Edition | older | $14.99 | 12,843 95% | 385k | $5.8M (exactly $5,775,497) | Frozenbyte |
 | Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power | older | $21.99 | 7,301 63% | 219k | $4.8M (exactly $4,816,470) | Frozenbyte |
 | HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed | older | $24.99 | 3,798 90% | 114k | $2.8M (exactly $2,847,361) | Digital Cybercherries |
 | Revenge of the Savage Planet | $29.99 | 2,845 86% | 85k | $2.6M (exactly $2,559,646) | Raccoon Logic Studios Inc. | |
 | KeyWe | older | $24.99 | 1,804 91% | 54k | $1.4M (exactly $1,352,459) | Stonewheat & Sons |
 | The Break-In | $19.99 | 2,040 87% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,223,388) | jorgen games Ltd, Oliver Josh | |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
 | Big Hops Together | $19.99 | 453 89% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | Luckshot Games | |
 | All Hands on Deck | $12.99 | 90 71% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Studio Mantasaur, Wikkl | |
 | Soul Chained | $6.99 | 149 71% | 4.5k | $31k (exactly $31,245) | Andrew Nicolaou | |
 | Submerge | · EA | $9.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Neuron Activation |
 | Bytebond | $11.99 | 73 89% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $26,258) | DVD Unicorns |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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