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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Cooking game?
Online Co-Op + Cooking
Of 62 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 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.. 168 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.7k, ×4.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $610k, ×408 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 168 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,311) |
| Top 5% | $612k (exactly $611,755) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 109 |
| Announced | 168 |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 40% 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
- Cooking
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Cooking; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Simulation, Management
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 17,702 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 6 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 168 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Overcooked! 2 2018 · $46M 
PlateUp! 2022 · $11M 
Overcooked! All You Can Eat 2021 · $6.9M 
Ale & Tale Tavern 2024 · $3.9M 
Fast Food Simulator 2024 · EA · $3.9M | 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 |
| | PlateUp! | older | $19.99 | 18,500 94% | 555k | $11M (exactly $11,094,450) | It's happening |
| | Overcooked! All You Can Eat | older | $39.99 | 5,744 73% | 172k | $6.9M (exactly $6,891,077) | Team17 Digital, Ghost Town Games |
| | Ale & Tale Tavern | older | $14.99 | 8,692 88% | 261k | $3.9M (exactly $3,908,792) | Scienart Games |
| | Fast Food Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 8,653 86% | 260k | $3.9M (exactly $3,891,254) | No Ceiling Games |
 | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
 | Saleblazers | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,974 78% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,008) | AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE |
 | Wrap House Simulator🌯 | $14.99 | 2,951 87% | 89k | $1.3M (exactly $1,327,065) | Broken Lyre Entertainment, Wendigo Games | |
 | Restaurats | $19.90 | 1,640 89% | 49k | $979k (exactly $979,080) | toR Studio | |
 | Galaxy Burger | older | $11.99 | 2,456 96% | 74k | $883k (exactly $883,423) | Galactic Workshop |
 | Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together | $24.99 | 816 49% | 24k | $612k (exactly $611,755) | Big Cheese Studio | |
 | Boba Cafe Simulator | $15.99 | 1,192 92% | 36k | $572k (exactly $571,802) | Caikemi | |
 | Parisian Bistro Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 429 93% | 13k | $257k (exactly $257,271) | Quark Studios |
 | SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure | $14.99 | 517 70% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | kopiforge | |
 | Pizza House Simulator🍕 | $12.99 | 411 87% | 12k | $160k (exactly $160,167) | Broken Lyre Entertainment, Wendigo Games | |
 | Cafemart Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 616 72% | 18k | $148k (exactly $147,655) | Science Interactive |
 | Happy's Humble Burger Cult | $9.99 | 477 86% | 14k | $143k (exactly $142,957) | Scythe Dev Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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