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Co-op Campaign + PvP
Of 40 developers who shipped a Co-op Campaign PvP game 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.. 121 more are announced, ×6.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×1.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $4.7M, ×3163 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 121 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,192) |
| Top 5% | $4.7M (exactly $4,738,815) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 131 |
| Announced | 121 |
| 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 20% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- PvP
- effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, PvP; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 18,511 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 121 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
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- + 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
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017 · $244M 
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 2025 · $24M 
Battlefield 3™ 2020 · $20M 
Overcooked 2016 · $6.9M 
Overcooked! All You Can Eat 2021 · $6.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | older | $44.99 | 180,782 95% | 5.4M | $244M (exactly $244,001,465) | Larian Studios |
| | Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | $69.99 | 11,479 93% | 344k | $24M (exactly $24,102,456) | Sonic Team | |
| | Battlefield 3™ | older | $39.99 | 16,378 71% | 491k | $20M (exactly $19,648,687) | DICE |
| | Overcooked | older | $16.99 | 13,528 89% | 406k | $6.9M (exactly $6,895,222) | Ghost Town Games Ltd. |
| | Overcooked! All You Can Eat | older | $39.99 | 5,744 73% | 172k | $6.9M (exactly $6,891,077) | Team17 Digital, Ghost Town Games |
 | Gears of War: Reloaded | $39.99 | 3,950 61% | 119k | $4.7M (exactly $4,738,815) | The Coalition | |
 | Minecraft Legends | older | $39.99 | 2,621 59% | 79k | $3.1M (exactly $3,144,414) | Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive |
 | Raw Data | older | $39.99 | 2,036 81% | 61k | $2.4M (exactly $2,442,589) | Survios |
 | Wargroove | older | $19.99 | 4,015 83% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,407,796) | Chucklefish |
 | ERA ONE | · EA | $29.99 | 1,575 86% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) | Team Complex LTD |
 | Blood: Refreshed Supply™ | $29.99 | 719 71% | 22k | $647k (exactly $646,884) | Nightdive Studios, Monolith Productions | |
 | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
 | Into Black | $29.99 | 125 87% | 3.8k | $112k (exactly $112,462) | The Binary Mill | |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Let's Cook Together 2 | $23.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $27k (exactly $26,629) | Yellow Dot | |
 | Stellarcraft | $9.99 | 76 88% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | DreamStudios, Sandstorm in a Bottle | |
 | Heroes of Mount Dragon | $19.99 | 27 66% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | RuniQ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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