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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Score Attack game?

Co-op Campaign + Score Attack

Only 10 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Score Attack 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, Truxton Extreme, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.4 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 $50; 1 in 20 cleared $69k, ×47 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.5 times the market baseline, revenue down 85% on the market, 17 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Co-op Campaign + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 10
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $10k → $0 → $2.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Co-op Campaign + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $2.2k (exactly $2,246)
Top 25% $11k (exactly $10,522)
Top 5% $70k (exactly $69,722)
Developers, 2 yr 10
Released games 42
Announced 17
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $7.99

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 85% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Co-op Campaign, Score Attack
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 6 games average 78% positive over 552 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $2.2k, 1 in 4 over $10k, 1 in 20 over $69k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Open WorldPoor odds17 devs · median $267k · 65 announced
  2. + ZombiesPoor odds12 devs · median $27k · 22 announced
  3. + Psychological HorrorPoor odds18 devs · median $27k · 27 announced
  4. + SurvivalPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  5. + HorrorPoor odds31 devs · median $14k · 66 announced
  6. + Survival HorrorPoor odds19 devs · median $14k · 39 announced
  7. + ExplorationPoor odds54 devs · median $14k · 153 announced
  8. + Sci-fiPoor odds40 devs · median $13k · 78 announced
  9. + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds26 devs · median $9.0k · 53 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds19 devs · median $6.6k · 29 announced
  11. + PlatformerPoor odds32 devs · median $6.5k · 90 announced
  12. + CraftingPoor odds17 devs · median $6.2k · 34 announced

All 81 pairs on the Co-op Campaign page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues 2021 · $250k Pulling No Punches 2022 · $169k Double Dragon Trilogy 2015 · $147k CounterAttack: Uprising 2019 · $122k Truxton Extreme 2026 · $70k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues older $19.99 417 84% 13k $250k (exactly $250,075) Flux Games
Pulling No Punches older $9.99 563 95% 17k $169k (exactly $168,731) BrainDead Broccoli
Double Dragon Trilogy older $5.99 816 57% 24k $147k (exactly $146,635) Dotemu
CounterAttack: Uprising older $14.99 272 90% 8.2k $122k (exactly $122,318) Relative Games
Truxton Extreme $24.99 93 95% 2.8k $70k (exactly $69,722) Tatsujin
Broventure: The Wild Co-op $4.99 398 72% 12k $60k (exactly $59,581) Alice Games
Mechanic Heroes older $13.99 49 95% 1.5k $21k (exactly $20,565) Late Game Studios
Dead Containment · EA older $9.99 64 92% 1.9k $19k (exactly $19,181) Grump Dog Games
Raiden IV x MIKADO remix older $29.99 19 63% 570 $17k (exactly $17,094) MOSS Co., Ltd.
Missile Command: Recharged older $9.99 48 89% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,386) Adamvision Studios, SneakyBox
QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger $12.99 27 96% 810 $11k (exactly $10,522) Quadri Team
F2D - Steer To Persevere $9.99 16 100% 480 $4.8k (exactly $4,795) Zyg Studios
Scales of Silence $4.99 15 100% 450 $2.2k (exactly $2,246) Aggro Games
Neon Tyrant · EA $4.99 3 33% 90 $449 (exactly $449) One Mind Games
Piggly Pagly Boom $5.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) 9Ratones
Rotten Forgotten $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Georgios Kletsas
Gimme Space Battle · EA $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) François Provansal
Snake Party Extreme $9.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) yyrGames

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.