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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Cooking game?
Local Multiplayer + Cooking
Of 23 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Cooking 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.. 32 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.5k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $66k, ×139 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $897 (exactly $897) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,566) |
| Top 5% | $66k (exactly $66,106) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Cooking
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Cooking; all of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $23.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Family Friendly, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $23.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,103 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Overcooked! 2 2018 · $46M 
Overcooked 2016 · $6.9M 
Overcooked! All You Can Eat 2021 · $6.9M 
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M 
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Overcooked! 2 | older | $24.99 | 61,956 90% | 1.9M | $46M (exactly $46,448,413) | Ghost Town Games Ltd., Team17 |
| | Overcooked | older | $16.99 | 13,528 89% | 406k | $6.9M (exactly $6,895,222) | Ghost Town Games Ltd. |
| | Overcooked! All You Can Eat | older | $39.99 | 5,744 73% | 172k | $6.9M (exactly $6,891,077) | Team17 Digital, Ghost Town Games |
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
| | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! | older | $19.99 | 1,768 93% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,060,270) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe | older | $19.99 | 1,624 95% | 49k | $974k (exactly $973,913) | Trinket Studios |
 | Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! | older | $14.99 | 2,133 90% | 64k | $959k (exactly $959,210) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure | $14.99 | 517 70% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | kopiforge | |
 | Diner Bros 2 | $14.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $66k (exactly $66,106) | JAYFLGAMES | |
 | Let's Cook Together 2 | $23.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $27k (exactly $26,629) | Yellow Dot | |
 | Party Club | $4.99 | 158 72% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | Lucid11 Interactive | |
 | RippleIsland Kyle and Cal’s Restaurant | $27.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $18k (exactly $18,473) | SUNSOFT | |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
 | Road Food Simulator | $12.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | 2MEDYA | |
 | The Artifactory | $19.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Berries Studios | |
 | BunnyBakery | $8.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $9.7k (exactly $9,709) | G.J. Studio | |
 | Kitchen Wars | $4.99 | 45 80% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Silent Owl |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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