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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Online Co-Op Fishing game?

Online Co-Op + Fishing

Of 34 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Fishing 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.. 85 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $36k, ×24 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $13M, ×9227 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 85 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 23.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 85% on the market, 85 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Online Co-Op + Fishing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 34
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $904k → $69k → $41k (still earning) → $2.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Online Co-Op + Fishing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 34
Bottom 30% $2.2k (exactly $2,242)
Median $36k (exactly $35,715)
Top 25% $240k (exactly $239,760)
Top 5% $14M (exactly $13,821,342)
Developers, 2 yr 34
Released games 53
Announced 85
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 down 85% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Fishing
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Online Co-Op, Fishing; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 156,927 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $2.3k, median $36k, 1 in 4 over $230k, 1 in 20 over $13M.

3 in 10 developers made under $2.3k. 4 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 85 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Bullet HeavenStrong odds27 devs · median $9.3k · 38 announced
  2. + Escape RoomFair31 devs · median $14k · 32 announced
  3. + TypingFair16 devs · median $5.0k · 12 announced
  4. + GamblingFair22 devs · median $4.4k · 34 announced
  5. + Point & ClickFair28 devs · median $1.7k · 34 announced
  6. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds29 devs · median $443k · 70 announced
  7. + TransportationPoor odds14 devs · median $369k · 25 announced
  8. + JRPGPoor odds11 devs · median $346k · 16 announced
  9. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds72 devs · median $217k · 139 announced
  10. + World War IIPoor odds10 devs · median $188k · 18 announced
  11. + City BuilderPoor odds32 devs · median $118k · 55 announced
  12. + LGBTQ+Poor odds20 devs · median $95k · 18 announced

All 211 pairs on the Online Co-Op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dinkum 2025 · $15M How to Fish 2026 · $14M WEBFISHING 2024 · $8.6M Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022 · $5.5M Ultimate Fishing Simulator® 2018 · $5.0M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dinkum $19.99 24,641 92% 739k $15M (exactly $14,777,208) James Bendon
How to Fish $7.99 57,661 95% 1.7M $14M (exactly $13,821,342) Dazed Games
WEBFISHING $4.99 57,353 97% 1.7M $8.6M (exactly $8,585,744) lamedeveloper
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ older $29.99 6,122 63% 184k $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) Expansive Worlds
Ultimate Fishing Simulator® older $19.99 8,256 89% 248k $5.0M (exactly $4,951,123) Ultimate Games S.A., Bit Golem
FlyKnight $5.99 10,432 96% 313k $1.9M (exactly $1,874,630) Wabbaboy
Fisher Online older $13.99 4,199 81% 126k $1.8M (exactly $1,762,320) R-Age LLC
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos older $19.99 2,705 77% 81k $1.6M (exactly $1,622,188) Heliocentric Studios
GONE Fishing · EA $9.99 3,016 90% 90k $904k (exactly $903,895) GONE Studios
On-Together: Virtual Co-Working $9.99 1,314 93% 39k $394k (exactly $393,806) GigaPuff
Caravanners · EA $17.99 712 35% 21k $384k (exactly $384,266) Akif Akdemir
Professional Fishing 2 · EA $24.99 436 77% 13k $327k (exactly $326,869) MasterCode
Voodoo Fishin' · EA $9.99 800 81% 24k $240k (exactly $239,760) Lost Arcade
Fish Hunters: Most Lethal Fishing Simulator 🐟 $9.99 562 58% 17k $168k (exactly $168,431) Pmdk23

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.