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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Survival Horror?
Co-op Campaign + Survival Horror
Only 19 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Survival Horror 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, Paranoia Place: Escape Together, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 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 $14k, ×9.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×249 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 39 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
| Top 25% | $40k (exactly $40,023) |
| Top 5% | $373k (exactly $372,734) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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 Horror
- 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 Horror; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.49 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.49 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,178 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 11 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
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2021 · $19M 
Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy 2016 · $3.4M 
DESOLATE 2019 · $2.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Aliens: Fireteam Elite | older | $29.99 | 21,668 80% | 650k | $19M (exactly $19,494,700) | Cold Iron Studios |
| | 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 |
 | Obscure | older | $6.99 | 3,055 95% | 92k | $641k (exactly $640,634) | Hydravision Entertainment |
 | Paranoia Place: Escape Together | $7.99 | 1,555 87% | 47k | $373k (exactly $372,734) | Bloody Pixel Games | |
 | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
 | Haunt Chaser | older | $14.99 | 570 67% | 17k | $256k (exactly $256,329) | Clock Wizard Games |
 | The Devourer: Hunted Souls | · EA older | $9.99 | 506 78% | 15k | $152k (exactly $151,648) | ZTEK Studio |
 | Devil of the Plague | · EA | $9.99 | 186 78% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | SoulByte Games |
 | Astrumis - Survive Together | $9.99 | 139 70% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Tyci | |
 | Containment Initiative 2 | $14.99 | 89 85% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | Gwyn Games LLC | |
 | Submerge | · EA | $9.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Neuron Activation |
 | ZOMVIRUS | $14.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | DMONG Co., Ltd. | |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | The Rake | $9.99 | 48 56% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,386) | Kanoleiro | |
 | Psycho Fear | $9.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Dark Panda |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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