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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Looter Shooter?

Looter Shooter + Local Co-Op

Only 11 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Looter 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, Vortica, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. Revenue is down 95% on the market, with 10 games announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.2 times the market baseline, revenue down 95% on the market, 10 announced, ×1.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Looter Shooter + Local Co-Op
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.1k → $419 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Looter Shooter + Local Co-Op: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $6.0k (exactly $5,992)
Top 5% $42k (exactly $41,822)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 29
Announced 10
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 95% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Looter Shooter
effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
Local Co-Op
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Looter Shooter, Local Co-Op
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 82% positive over 241 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $300, 1 in 4 over $5.9k, 1 in 20 over $41k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Looter Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair13 devs · median $219k · 14 announced
  2. + Vehicular CombatFair11 devs · median $15k · 14 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  4. + 3D PlatformerLong shot23 devs · median $449 · 16 announced
  5. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds31 devs · median $71k · 73 announced
  6. + Online Co-OpPoor odds54 devs · median $25k · 136 announced
  7. + Co-opPoor odds56 devs · median $25k · 124 announced
  8. + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  9. + DystopianPoor odds14 devs · median $10k · 45 announced
  10. + Base BuildingPoor odds36 devs · median $9.1k · 74 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds50 devs · median $9.0k · 151 announced
  12. + Inventory ManagementPoor odds27 devs · median $6.9k · 61 announced

All 90 pairs on the Looter Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2022 · $16M Risk of Rain Returns 2023 · $11M Ants Took My Eyeball 2024 · $97k ZCREW 2022 · $70k Glitch Busters: Stuck On You 2023 · $59k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands older $29.99 17,779 70% 533k $16M (exactly $15,995,766) Gearbox Software
Risk of Rain Returns older $14.99 24,795 89% 744k $11M (exactly $11,150,312) Hopoo Games
Ants Took My Eyeball older $12.99 248 93% 7.4k $97k (exactly $96,646) Bosmic Forge
ZCREW older $6.99 333 51% 10k $70k (exactly $69,830) Emotion Studio
Glitch Busters: Stuck On You older $19.99 99 73% 3.0k $59k (exactly $59,370) Toylogic Inc.
Vortica $14.99 93 83% 2.8k $42k (exactly $41,822) Vortical Studios
Containment Initiative 2 $14.99 89 85% 2.7k $40k (exactly $40,023) Gwyn Games LLC
Solar Purge · EA older $24.99 25 68% 750 $19k (exactly $18,742) Hitscan Games
Gunswitch · EA $7.99 25 64% 750 $6.0k (exactly $5,992) Wicked Tavern
Paws Against the World $6.99 28 78% 840 $5.9k (exactly $5,872) GoldenGod Games
Stickman Physics Battle Arena $6.99 2 100% 60 $419 (exactly $419) Kyle Hawks
通缉令 wanted poster $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) liucong
Dude The Dark Agent $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) ismail ozel games
GunGlyph $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) Aspect Digital Software Ltd
Vault Vandals $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Elusive Drafts
Curse of the Dungeon Engine · EA $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Ed Rethardo

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.