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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Local Co-Op
Only 7 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Hero Shooter 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, Operation Night Strikers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $1.3k. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,083) |
| Top 5% | $36k (exactly $35,986) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 37,280 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 5 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Gears 5 2019 · $19M 
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ 2020 · $14M 
Wee Tanks! 2023 · $164k 
Operation Night Strikers 2025 · $36k 
Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders 2026 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gears 5 | older | $29.99 | 21,210 72% | 636k | $19M (exactly $19,082,637) | The Coalition |
| | Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ | older | $29.99 | 15,372 71% | 461k | $14M (exactly $13,830,188) | PopCap |
| | Wee Tanks! | older | $9.99 | 548 90% | 16k | $164k (exactly $164,236) | Studio Kit |
| | Operation Night Strikers | $24.99 | 48 77% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | M2 Co., Ltd. | |
| | Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders | $9.99 | 57 85% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Combo Game Studio | |
 | The Otterman Empire | older | $15.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $6.7k (exactly $6,716) | Tri-Heart Interactive |
 | Jack Walker: Ethereal | · EA older | $39.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | ROG STUDIOS |
 | Warriors Of Titus | older | $19.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Martin Kutlak |
 | Knights & Guns | older | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Baltoro Games |
 | Apocalypse: Floodgates | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | RetroRave, LLC |
 | 2KXX | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | STUDIO 185 | |
 | SnaiL TraiL | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Legendary DEVasters | |
 | Dude The Dark Agent | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ismail ozel games | |
 | Alive 2 | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darkage Software | |
 | Brawlzerker | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BluSheep |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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