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Gun Customization + Local Co-Op
Only 11 developers shipped a Gun Customization 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, Iron Meat, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $580k, ×938 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,301) |
| Top 5% | $589k (exactly $588,905) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 1,155 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Tower DefenseFair
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- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
MADNESS: Project Nexus 2021 · $12M 
Spellmasons 2023 · $673k 
Iron Meat 2024 · $589k 
Windowkill 2024 · $507k 
Containment Initiative 2017 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MADNESS: Project Nexus | older | $24.99 | 15,977 97% | 479k | $12M (exactly $11,977,957) | GIBBING TREE, LLC |
| | Spellmasons | older | $19.99 | 1,122 91% | 34k | $673k (exactly $672,863) | Octavia Blue |
| | Iron Meat | $19.99 | 982 96% | 29k | $589k (exactly $588,905) | Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware | |
| | Windowkill | older | $4.99 | 3,390 95% | 102k | $507k (exactly $507,483) | torcado |
| | Containment Initiative | older | $9.99 | 496 89% | 15k | $149k (exactly $148,651) | Gwyn Games LLC |
 | Marooners | older | $9.99 | 293 61% | 8.8k | $88k (exactly $87,812) | M2H |
 | ZCREW | older | $6.99 | 333 51% | 10k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Emotion Studio |
 | It came from space and ate our brains | older | $9.99 | 167 79% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,050) | Triangle Studios |
 | Containment Initiative 2 | $14.99 | 89 85% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | Gwyn Games LLC | |
 | Trident's Wake | older | $14.99 | 82 42% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $36,875) | Bacus Studios |
 | M.O.O.D.S. | $12.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | StickyStoneStudio | |
 | Magical Hellhound Lust | · EA | $19.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Mildaponno |
 | Gunswitch | · EA | $7.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Wicked Tavern |
 | Sphere Fight | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Markus Karl Stöcker | |
 | Card Maker Simulator | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Níkolas Santos | |
 | BattleTanks - Animal Wars | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kasur Games | |
 | Blitz Smash Ultimate | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Matt Concepts | |
 | Sweet Chaos | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Eigen-Kreationen Game Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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