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Should I ship a Demon Online Co-Op game?
Online Co-Op + Demons
Of 85 developers who shipped a Demon Online Co-Op 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×2.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $550k, ×370 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 119 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,468) |
| Top 5% | $555k (exactly $554,666) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 85 |
| Released games | 194 |
| Announced | 119 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Demons
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Dark, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 26,464 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 44 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 119 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Phasmophobia 2020 · EA · $410M 
Diablo® IV 2023 · $88M 
Evil West 2022 · $15M 
Demonologist 2023 · $11M 
Ghost Watchers 2025 · $5.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Phasmophobia | · EA older | $19.99 | 684,009 94% | 21M | $410M (exactly $410,200,197) | Kinetic Games |
| | Diablo® IV | older | $49.99 | 58,668 69% | 1.8M | $88M (exactly $87,984,400) | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. |
| | Evil West | older | $49.99 | 10,215 74% | 306k | $15M (exactly $15,319,436) | Flying Wild Hog |
| | Demonologist | older | $19.99 | 18,886 85% | 567k | $11M (exactly $11,325,934) | Clock Wizard Games |
| | Ghost Watchers | $14.99 | 12,729 86% | 382k | $5.7M (exactly $5,724,231) | Renderise | |
 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
 | Pacify | older | $4.99 | 32,921 86% | 988k | $4.9M (exactly $4,928,274) | Shawn Hitchcock |
 | Monster Prom | older | $11.99 | 12,245 93% | 367k | $4.4M (exactly $4,404,526) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | Dungeons 4 | older | $49.99 | 2,392 86% | 72k | $3.6M (exactly $3,587,282) | Realmforge Studios |
 | Saints Row: Gat out of Hell | older | $14.99 | 7,701 75% | 231k | $3.5M (exactly $3,463,140) | Deep Silver Volition, High Voltage Soft… (Deep Silver Volition, High Voltage Software) |
 | Painkiller | $39.99 | 1,091 54% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) | Anshar Studios | |
 | 33 Immortals | $14.89 | 2,130 72% | 64k | $951k (exactly $951,471) | Thunder Lotus | |
 | DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER | $7.99 | 2,314 49% | 69k | $555k (exactly $554,666) | Digital Cybercherries | |
 | The Other Side | · EA | $13.99 | 1,181 93% | 35k | $496k (exactly $495,666) | Vectora Games |
 | DAIMON BLADES | · EA | $19.90 | 707 69% | 21k | $422k (exactly $422,079) | StreumOn Studio |
 | Paranoia Place: Escape Together | $7.99 | 1,555 87% | 47k | $373k (exactly $372,734) | Bloody Pixel Games | |
 | Paranormal Cleanup | $9.99 | 961 88% | 29k | $288k (exactly $288,012) | Manic Mice | |
 | Ghost Janitors | $9.99 | 917 87% | 28k | $275k (exactly $274,825) | Interactive Wave Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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