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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Collectathon game?
Online Co-Op + Collectathon
Of 60 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Collectathon game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 119 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.7k, ×2.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $480k, ×326 the market median. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 119 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 25% | $77k (exactly $77,161) |
| Top 5% | $489k (exactly $488,920) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 60 |
| Released games | 126 |
| Announced | 119 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 180% on the market, supply 95% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Collectathon; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Adventure, Open World
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 69,650 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 7 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 119 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
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Comparable games
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated 2020 · $13M 
WEBFISHING 2024 · $8.6M 
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
Lunch Lady 2021 · $1.5M 
Soundfall 2022 · $896k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated | older | $29.99 | 14,439 94% | 433k | $13M (exactly $12,990,768) | Purple Lamp |
| | WEBFISHING | $4.99 | 57,353 97% | 1.7M | $8.6M (exactly $8,585,744) | lamedeveloper | |
| | Bang-On Balls: Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 4,334 96% | 130k | $3.2M (exactly $3,249,200) | Exit Plan Games |
| | Lunch Lady | older | $4.99 | 9,722 86% | 292k | $1.5M (exactly $1,455,383) | Manic Mice |
| | Soundfall | older | $29.99 | 996 73% | 30k | $896k (exactly $896,101) | Drastic Games |
 | Funko Fusion | older | $34.99 | 679 63% | 20k | $713k (exactly $712,746) | 1010 Games |
 | Sledding Game | · EA | $7.99 | 2,915 96% | 87k | $699k (exactly $698,726) | The Sledding Corporation |
 | Boo Men | · EA older | $7.99 | 2,088 88% | 63k | $500k (exactly $500,494) | Twisted Corridor👻 |
 | Supermarket Chaos | $4.99 | 3,266 92% | 98k | $489k (exactly $488,920) | BunnyHop | |
 | Biped 2 | $14.99 | 813 71% | 24k | $366k (exactly $365,606) | META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy… (META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy Studios) | |
 | Flock Around | $4.99 | 1,954 98% | 59k | $293k (exactly $292,514) | Friend Shaped Games | |
 | Paranormal Cleanup | $9.99 | 961 88% | 29k | $288k (exactly $288,012) | Manic Mice | |
 | Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate | · EA | $9.99 | 931 96% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski |
 | Big Hops Together | $19.99 | 453 89% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | Luckshot Games | |
 | Anime Shop Simulator ✨ | $14.99 | 589 73% | 18k | $265k (exactly $264,873) | One More Time | |
 | Mall Together | $11.99 | 415 94% | 12k | $149k (exactly $149,276) | Business Tycoon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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