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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Real Time Tactics?
Co-op Campaign + Real Time Tactics
Only 17 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Real Time Tactics 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, ERA ONE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×3.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×946 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) |
| Top 25% | $52k (exactly $52,462) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 23 |
| 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 100% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Real Time Tactics; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Strategy, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 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 82% positive over 2,813 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009 · $12M 
Dungeons 3 2017 · $11M 
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 2019 · $5.8M 
War Mongrels 2021 · $2.5M 
ERA ONE 2025 · EA · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) | older | $49.99 | 8,084 85% | 243k | $12M (exactly $12,123,575) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)) |
| | Dungeons 3 | older | $29.99 | 12,648 93% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,379,406) | Realmforge Studios |
| | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 | older | $19.99 | 9,701 74% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,690) | Tindalos Interactive |
| | War Mongrels | older | $44.99 | 1,826 72% | 55k | $2.5M (exactly $2,464,552) | Destructive Creations |
| | ERA ONE | · EA | $29.99 | 1,575 86% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) | Team Complex LTD |
 | Red Solstice 2: Survivors | older | $14.99 | 2,585 70% | 78k | $1.2M (exactly $1,162,474) | Ironward |
 | 63 Days | $29.99 | 413 72% | 12k | $372k (exactly $371,576) | Destructive Creations | |
 | Out of Ammo | older | $9.99 | 699 84% | 21k | $209k (exactly $209,490) | RocketWerkz |
 | Phantom Squad | $13.99 | 416 80% | 12k | $175k (exactly $174,595) | Ctrl Freak | |
 | Let's Cook Together | older | $15.99 | 211 97% | 6.3k | $101k (exactly $101,217) | Yellow Dot |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Dawn of Anarchy | $13.99 | 125 84% | 3.8k | $52k (exactly $52,462) | Quacky Games | |
 | Stellarcraft | $9.99 | 76 88% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | DreamStudios, Sandstorm in a Bottle | |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | IAH: INTERNET WAR | $19.99 | 23 26% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Vitali Kirpu Productions | |
 | Cats go! : Tactical Defense Braw | $4.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Minimum Studio Corp. | |
 | BloomKeeper | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Resonance Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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