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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Puzzle Platformer?
Co-op Campaign + Puzzle Platformer
Of 26 developers who shipped a Co-op Campaign Puzzle 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.. 53 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×6.0 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×930 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 53 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,929) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,393,692) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 53 |
| 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 down 25% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer; all of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Co-op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 81,343 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 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
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 2019 · $11M 
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013 · $9.2M 
Trine Enchanted Edition 2009 · $5.8M | 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 | |
| | 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 |
 | LEGO® Voyagers | $24.99 | 1,859 88% | 56k | $1.4M (exactly $1,393,692) | Light Brick Studio | |
 | KeyWe | older | $24.99 | 1,804 91% | 54k | $1.4M (exactly $1,352,459) | Stonewheat & Sons |
 | Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | older | $9.99 | 3,566 92% | 107k | $1.1M (exactly $1,068,730) | Crystal Dynamics |
 | PHOGS! | older | $24.99 | 1,171 78% | 35k | $878k (exactly $877,899) | Bit Loom Games |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
 | Inkwellers | $9.99 | 136 88% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $40,759) | ScrumptiousSprouts sp. z o.o. | |
 | All Hands on Deck | $12.99 | 90 71% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Studio Mantasaur, Wikkl | |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
 | Together in Forgotten Lands | $7.99 | 104 90% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vellichor Games | |
 | UniDuni | $11.99 | 61 95% | 1.8k | $22k (exactly $21,942) | Clops Game Studio | |
 | Codename: Terranova | $23.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $17k (exactly $16,553) | ACGames | |
 | CTHULOOT | $14.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $14k (exactly $14,390) | Pixelnest Studio, Headbang Club |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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