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Should I ship a War Co-op Campaign game?
Co-op Campaign + War
Only 11 developers shipped a War Co-op Campaign 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, Gears of War: Reloaded, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×8.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $52k against a market of $1.5k. 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $52k (exactly $52,462) |
| Top 25% | $372k (exactly $371,576) |
| Top 5% | $4.7M (exactly $4,738,815) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- War
- 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
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 5,986 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 5 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + 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
Battlefield 3™ 2020 · $20M 
From the Depths 2020 · $8.3M 
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 2019 · $5.8M 
Gears of War: Reloaded 2025 · $4.7M 
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered 2019 · $3.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield 3™ | older | $39.99 | 16,378 71% | 491k | $20M (exactly $19,648,687) | DICE |
| | From the Depths | older | $24.99 | 11,059 89% | 332k | $8.3M (exactly $8,290,932) | Brilliant Skies Ltd. |
| | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 | older | $19.99 | 9,701 74% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,690) | Tindalos Interactive |
| | Gears of War: Reloaded | $39.99 | 3,950 61% | 119k | $4.7M (exactly $4,738,815) | The Coalition | |
| | Sniper Elite V2 Remastered | older | $34.99 | 3,437 78% | 103k | $3.6M (exactly $3,607,819) | Rebellion |
 | Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 | older | $6.96 | 14,605 85% | 438k | $3.0M (exactly $3,049,524) | EA Los Angeles |
 | Zero Caliber VR | older | $24.99 | 3,771 78% | 113k | $2.8M (exactly $2,827,119) | XREAL Games |
 | War Mongrels | older | $44.99 | 1,826 72% | 55k | $2.5M (exactly $2,464,552) | Destructive Creations |
 | Blazing Chrome | older | $16.99 | 1,326 89% | 40k | $676k (exactly $675,862) | JoyMasher |
 | 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 | |
 | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
 | How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine | $12.99 | 161 83% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Breakfirst Games | |
 | Dawn of Anarchy | $13.99 | 125 84% | 3.8k | $52k (exactly $52,462) | Quacky Games | |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | Pixel Troopers | · EA | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liberator Studios |
 | Tank Brigade | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Dual B Games | |
 | Falcon 2023（猎鹰2023） | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 独立游戏Sun_Official |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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