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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Incremental game?
Local Co-Op + Incremental
Only 8 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Incremental 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, Steinstern: Spacewar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 4 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 5% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Co-Op, Incremental
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 770 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 4 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
I'm on Observation Duty 6 2023 · $235k 
Lord of the Click 2 2021 · $11k 
Valley of No Roads 2021 · $2.9k 
Spinshot Party 2023 · $2.2k 
Steinstern: Spacewar 2025 · $2.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I'm on Observation Duty 6 | older | $11.99 | 652 94% | 20k | $235k (exactly $234,524) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games |
| | Lord of the Click 2 | older | $10.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $11k (exactly $10,550) | HugePixel |
| | Valley of No Roads | older | $7.99 | 12 33% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Lunar Activities |
| | Spinshot Party | older | $4.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | MattoOriginal Games - Matthias Otto |
| | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | T1WRE3: NONAME | $2.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | NoName | |
 | Munchie Match | older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Bouchard Industries |
 | Mortadelo y Filemón: La Sexta Secta | older | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Alcachofa Soft |
 | Mortadelo y Filemón: Mamelucos a la Romana | older | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Alcachofa Soft |
 | SnowFlow | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | TheStyleMachine |
 | 图说八道 | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | StarryMatrix | |
 | Age of the Fallen | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Duorum Studio | |
 | OnlyGame | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 小桨哥 | |
 | Quizrealms: From Stone to Steam | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | White City Crew |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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