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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Tactical game?
Co-op Campaign + Tactical
Only 19 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Tactical 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, Tank Squad, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 1695% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $13,793) |
| Top 5% | $508k (exactly $507,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 49 |
| 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 up 1695% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Tactical
- 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, Tactical; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Action, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, Difficult, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,831 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 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
Ready or Not 2023 · $398M 
Battlefield 3™ 2020 · $20M 
Jagged Alliance 3 2023 · $15M 
Gloomhaven 2021 · $14M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009 · $12M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ready or Not | older | $49.99 | 265,219 79% | 8.0M | $398M (exactly $397,748,934) | VOID Interactive |
| | Battlefield 3™ | older | $39.99 | 16,378 71% | 491k | $20M (exactly $19,648,687) | DICE |
| | Jagged Alliance 3 | older | $44.99 | 10,882 89% | 326k | $15M (exactly $14,687,435) | Haemimont Games |
| | Gloomhaven | older | $34.99 | 13,628 82% | 409k | $14M (exactly $14,305,312) | Flaming Fowl Studios, Saber Interactive |
| | 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)) |
 | SCP: 5K | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,334 80% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,396,700) | Affray Interactive |
 | RUNNING WITH RIFLES | older | $14.99 | 14,676 87% | 440k | $6.6M (exactly $6,599,797) | Osumia Games |
 | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 | older | $19.99 | 9,701 74% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,690) | Tindalos Interactive |
 | Sniper Elite V2 Remastered | older | $34.99 | 3,437 78% | 103k | $3.6M (exactly $3,607,819) | Rebellion |
 | Minecraft Legends | older | $39.99 | 2,621 59% | 79k | $3.1M (exactly $3,144,414) | Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive |
 | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | 63 Days | $29.99 | 413 72% | 12k | $372k (exactly $371,576) | Destructive Creations | |
 | Phantom Squad | $13.99 | 416 80% | 12k | $175k (exactly $174,595) | Ctrl Freak | |
 | Tipston Salvage | $16.99 | 80 97% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $40,776) | Pontus Karlsson | |
 | IAH: INTERNET WAR | $19.99 | 23 26% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Vitali Kirpu Productions | |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | Brawl Squad X: Battle Arena | $13.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $4.6k (exactly $4,617) | Army Troop Studios | |
 | TransmuTowers | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Edenic Era LLC | |
 | Arvoch Alliance SE | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | |
 | Firestorm | · EA | $13.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | Meticulous Software LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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