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Should I ship a Dystopian Local Co-Op game?
Local Co-Op + Dystopian
Only 6 developers shipped a Dystopian Local Co-Op 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, VHOLUME, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×8.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $44k against a market of $480. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $11k (exactly $10,795) |
|---|---|
| Median | $44k (exactly $43,621) |
| Top 25% | $227k (exactly $226,687) |
| Top 5% | $718k (exactly $718,080) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 885% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 39,707 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $11k. 25 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
Pikuniku 2019 · $3.9M 
HUNTDOWN 2021 · $2.4M 
VHOLUME 2026 · $718k 
USAC: Code Breach 2022 · $480k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | Pikuniku | older | $12.99 | 10,082 96% | 302k | $3.9M (exactly $3,928,955) | Arnaud De Bock, Rémi Forcadell, Alan Zu… (Arnaud De Bock, Rémi Forcadell, Alan Zucconi, Calum Bowen, Sectordub) |
| | HUNTDOWN | older | $19.99 | 4,059 94% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) | Easy Trigger Games |
| | VHOLUME | $8.00 | 2,992 97% | 90k | $718k (exactly $718,080) | Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels… (Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin) | |
| | USAC: Code Breach | older | $14.99 | 1,067 91% | 32k | $480k (exactly $479,830) | Questions Factory |
 | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Neon Inferno | $19.99 | 378 92% | 11k | $227k (exactly $226,687) | Zenovia Interactive | |
 | Aeon's End | older | $14.99 | 438 82% | 13k | $197k (exactly $196,969) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Tower 57 | older | $11.99 | 538 65% | 16k | $194k (exactly $193,519) | Pixwerk |
 | HordeZ | older | $16.99 | 373 83% | 11k | $190k (exactly $190,118) | Zenz VR |
 | Flying Tank | $14.99 | 97 86% | 2.9k | $44k (exactly $43,621) | Hexage | |
 | Anima Flux | $19.99 | 69 78% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Avantaj Prim | |
 | NBB.EXE | $19.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Raptus Games | |
 | Pyrosynchist | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Orb Weaver Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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