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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Procedural Generation game?
Co-op Campaign + Procedural Generation
Only 13 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Procedural Generation 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, Blood Typers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 44 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,692) |
| Top 5% | $342k (exactly $341,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 44 |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Procedural Generation; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Combat, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,398 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 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
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Riftbreaker 2021 · $20M 
Labyrinthine 2023 · $4.1M 
Red Solstice 2: Survivors 2021 · $1.2M 
Blood Typers 2025 · $342k 
The Black Pool 2024 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Riftbreaker | older | $29.99 | 22,127 90% | 664k | $20M (exactly $19,907,662) | EXOR Studios |
| | Labyrinthine | older | $9.99 | 13,779 84% | 413k | $4.1M (exactly $4,129,566) | Valko Game Studios |
| | Red Solstice 2: Survivors | older | $14.99 | 2,585 70% | 78k | $1.2M (exactly $1,162,474) | Ironward |
| | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
| | The Black Pool | older | $19.99 | 111 82% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | Smug Marmot Studios |
 | Freaky Awesome | older | $9.99 | 205 55% | 6.2k | $61k (exactly $61,438) | Mandragora |
 | Broventure: The Wild Co-op | $4.99 | 398 72% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | Alice Games | |
 | Trackline Express | older | $14.99 | 124 84% | 3.7k | $56k (exactly $55,763) | Bubblebird Studio |
 | Bunker Defense | older | $24.99 | 43 83% | 1.3k | $32k (exactly $32,237) | Goodvole |
 | DIG - Deep In Galaxies | older | $9.99 | 107 94% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,068) | Molton Studio |
 | Hyperspaced | $16.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $14k (exactly $13,762) | Rarebyte | |
 | Duo Quest | $14.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | 1+1 Studios | |
 | Airlock Arena: Profit or Perish | $11.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | Mason Norvell, John Norvell | |
 | Star Gun | $11.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Transfinity Games | |
 | Cloak And Coin | · EA | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | netDOT |
 | The B.L.O.O.M Initiative | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Trema-Coding | |
 | Dig Baby Dig Company | · EA | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | SoMeh Studio |
 | Questwood | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Lyrical Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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