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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Survival game?
Co-op Campaign + Survival
Only 18 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Survival 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, Abiotic Factor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×11 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $44M, ×29483 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 44 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,740) |
| Top 25% | $52k (exactly $52,462) |
| Top 5% | $44M (exactly $44,166,128) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 44 |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 55% 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
- Survival
- 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, Survival; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 47,234 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 4 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Abiotic Factor 2025 · $44M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
Trailmakers 2019 · $25M 
The Riftbreaker 2021 · $20M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Abiotic Factor | $34.99 | 42,075 95% | 1.3M | $44M (exactly $44,166,128) | Deep Field Games | |
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | Trailmakers | older | $24.99 | 33,465 92% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,088,710) | Flashbulb |
| | The Riftbreaker | older | $29.99 | 22,127 90% | 664k | $20M (exactly $19,907,662) | EXOR Studios |
 | Aliens: Fireteam Elite | older | $29.99 | 21,668 80% | 650k | $19M (exactly $19,494,700) | Cold Iron Studios |
 | Strange Brigade | older | $49.99 | 8,309 84% | 249k | $12M (exactly $12,461,007) | Rebellion |
 | From the Depths | older | $24.99 | 11,059 89% | 332k | $8.3M (exactly $8,290,932) | Brilliant Skies Ltd. |
 | Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy | older | $14.99 | 7,469 80% | 224k | $3.4M (exactly $3,358,809) | Vertigo Games, Jaywalkers Interactive |
 | DESOLATE | older | $14.99 | 6,228 68% | 187k | $2.8M (exactly $2,800,732) | Nearga |
 | Revenge of the Savage Planet | $29.99 | 2,845 86% | 85k | $2.6M (exactly $2,559,646) | Raccoon Logic Studios Inc. | |
 | Paranoia Place: Escape Together | $7.99 | 1,555 87% | 47k | $373k (exactly $372,734) | Bloody Pixel Games | |
 | Broventure: The Wild Co-op | $4.99 | 398 72% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | Alice Games | |
 | Dawn of Anarchy | $13.99 | 125 84% | 3.8k | $52k (exactly $52,462) | Quacky Games | |
 | ZOMVIRUS | $14.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | DMONG Co., Ltd. | |
 | Stellarcraft | $9.99 | 76 88% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | DreamStudios, Sandstorm in a Bottle | |
 | Neolithic Dawn | $19.99 | 30 60% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Neolithic LLC | |
 | Lugal: Bronze Age Survival Game | · EA | $14.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Tea & Cake Games |
 | Infect Cam | $4.99 | 34 58% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Ravenholm Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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