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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Life Sim?
Life Sim + Local Co-Op
Only 11 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Life Sim 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, Cinnabunny, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $480. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $896 (exactly $896) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,279) |
| Top 5% | $302k (exactly $302,129) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Life Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 90% positive over 1,104 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicStrong odds
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- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
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Comparable games
Big Farm Story 2021 · $703k 
Moonglow Bay 2021 · $509k 
Cinnabunny 2025 · $302k 
Everafter Falls 2024 · $262k 
Spikair Volleyball 2023 · EA · $182k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Big Farm Story | older | $19.99 | 1,172 78% | 35k | $703k (exactly $702,848) | Goodgame Studios |
| | Moonglow Bay | older | $24.99 | 679 66% | 20k | $509k (exactly $509,046) | Bunnyhug |
| | Cinnabunny | $24.99 | 403 96% | 12k | $302k (exactly $302,129) | Reky Studios | |
| | Everafter Falls | older | $19.99 | 437 86% | 13k | $262k (exactly $262,069) | SquareHusky |
| | Spikair Volleyball | · EA older | $19.99 | 303 93% | 9.1k | $182k (exactly $181,709) | Choc Abyss |
 | Mythmatch | $19.99 | 124 98% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $74,363) | Team Artichoke | |
 | Super Mini Mart | · EA | $11.99 | 137 81% | 4.1k | $49k (exactly $49,279) | Blazing Panda |
 | Dooms Hair Salon | $9.99 | 134 89% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $40,160) | Slimebox | |
 | Sex With Friends | $4.99 | 236 94% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,329) | B-Team | |
 | The Garden Path | older | $19.99 | 47 70% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,186) | carrotcake |
 | Neopets - Mega Mini Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey | $9.99 | 38 31% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | No Gravity Games | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | Sunny Reef | $1.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | GiBar | |
 | Late Night Fears | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | WolfAlert | |
 | Environment Protection Ambassador | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CHEN YUANJI |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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