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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Grid-Based Movement game?
Online Co-Op + Grid-Based Movement
Only 13 developers shipped an Online Co-Op Grid-Based Movement 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, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×1.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×742 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Grid-Based Movement
- 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, Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,998 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked 2025 · $1.1M 
Warside 2025 · $410k 
Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics 2019 · $215k 
Fire & Maneuver 2023 · $84k 
2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces 2026 · EA · $45k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games | |
| | Warside | $24.99 | 547 68% | 16k | $410k (exactly $410,086) | LAVABIRD | |
| | Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics | older | $19.99 | 358 75% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | Tortuga Team |
| | Fire & Maneuver | older | $9.99 | 281 68% | 8.4k | $84k (exactly $84,216) | Armchair Interactive, Targon Studios |
| | 2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces | · EA | $12.99 | 115 84% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Ground Shatter |
 | Corrupted: Dawn of Havoc | · EA older | $14.99 | 75 65% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | 36Litters |
 | RPG Stories | · EA older | $29.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $32k (exactly $32,389) | Brave Alice Games |
 | World Seed Classic | older | $5.99 | 100 92% | 3.0k | $18k (exactly $17,970) | Kortes |
 | Hydra Slayer | older | $5.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $8.1k (exactly $8,086) | Zeno Rogue |
 | Heroic Aegisio: Origins | $7.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Vview Games | |
 | SusDoku: Clues & Suspects | $4.99 | 37 35% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | MyNeuronal | |
 | babe-lathe | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | tjern | |
 | The Dungeon Of Horror | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | KiberKreker | |
 | Ancient TD | $4.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Ancient TD | |
 | RPG System | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | J&V ENTERTAINMENT LTDA | |
 | The Minesweeper | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Stephan Royer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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