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Co-op Campaign + Psychological Horror
Only 18 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Co-op Campaign 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, Split Fiction, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $27k, ×18 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $110M, ×78467 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
|---|---|
| Median | $27k (exactly $26,632) |
| Top 25% | $250k (exactly $249,767) |
| Top 5% | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 27 |
| 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 60% on the market, supply 25% more 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Co-op, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Dark, First-Person
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 92,670 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Ready or Not 2023 · $398M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Little Nightmares III 2025 · $12M 
We Were Here Forever 2022 · $8.8M 
We Were Here Together 2019 · $5.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ready or Not | older | $49.99 | 265,219 79% | 8.0M | $398M (exactly $397,748,934) | VOID Interactive |
| | 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 | |
| | We Were Here Forever | older | $17.99 | 16,256 90% | 488k | $8.8M (exactly $8,773,363) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | We Were Here Together | older | $12.99 | 14,481 82% | 434k | $5.6M (exactly $5,643,246) | Total Mayhem Games |
 | Labyrinthine | older | $9.99 | 13,779 84% | 413k | $4.1M (exactly $4,129,566) | Valko Game Studios |
 | Minecraft Legends | older | $39.99 | 2,621 59% | 79k | $3.1M (exactly $3,144,414) | Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive |
 | DESOLATE | older | $14.99 | 6,228 68% | 187k | $2.8M (exactly $2,800,732) | Nearga |
 | Hellpoint | older | $34.99 | 2,582 76% | 77k | $2.7M (exactly $2,710,325) | Cradle Games |
 | We Were Here Too | older | $9.99 | 9,005 78% | 270k | $2.7M (exactly $2,698,798) | Total Mayhem Games |
 | Paranoia Place: Escape Together | $7.99 | 1,555 87% | 47k | $373k (exactly $372,734) | Bloody Pixel Games | |
 | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
 | Storebound | $7.99 | 1,042 76% | 31k | $250k (exactly $249,767) | Embers | |
 | Devil of the Plague | · EA | $9.99 | 186 78% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | SoulByte Games |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
 | Submerge | · EA | $9.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Neuron Activation |
 | Unnamed Pogo Game | $6.99 | 127 85% | 3.8k | $27k (exactly $26,632) | Unnamed Games | |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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