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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Medieval Local Co-Op game?

Local Co-Op + Medieval

Of 46 developers who shipped a Medieval Local Co-Op game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 52 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 52 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 170% on the market, 52 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Local Co-Op + Medieval
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 46
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.7k → $718 → $6.0k → $1.8k → $1.8k → $1.3k → $4.6k (still earning) → $30 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Local Co-Op + Medieval: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 46
Bottom 30% $360 (exactly $360)
Median $1.8k (exactly $1,798)
Top 25% $9.0k (exactly $8,996)
Top 5% $99k (exactly $98,765)
Developers, 2 yr 46
Released games 138
Announced 52
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 up 170% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Medieval
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Local Co-Op; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Combat
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Third Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,895 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.8k, 1 in 4 over $8.9k, 1 in 20 over $98k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 52 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Local Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LootStrong odds22 devs · median $7.3k · 21 announced
  2. + LGBTQ+Fair11 devs · median $14k · 12 announced
  3. + Artificial IntelligenceFair16 devs · median $11k · 15 announced
  4. + TriviaFair12 devs · median $7.5k · 13 announced
  5. + Action RPGFair68 devs · median $6.0k · 82 announced
  6. + ModernFair11 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  7. + Dark FantasyFair40 devs · median $2.7k · 47 announced
  8. + Board GameFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 41 announced
  9. + Dungeon CrawlerFair49 devs · median $1.8k · 60 announced
  10. + Immersive SimFair22 devs · median $1.8k · 27 announced
  11. + Point & ClickFair12 devs · median $1.8k · 9 announced
  12. + Turn-Based StrategyFair32 devs · median $1.3k · 41 announced

All 151 pairs on the Local Co-Op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Castle Crashers® 2012 · $49M Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 2014 · $17M Vikings - Wolves of Midgard 2017 · $2.5M Conquest of Elysium 5 2021 · $1.7M Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ 2017 · $1.3M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Castle Crashers® older $14.99 109,654 96% 3.3M $49M (exactly $49,311,404) The Behemoth
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove older $39.99 14,211 95% 426k $17M (exactly $17,048,937) Yacht Club Games
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard older $29.99 2,808 58% 84k $2.5M (exactly $2,526,358) Games Farm
Conquest of Elysium 5 older $29.99 1,872 90% 56k $1.7M (exactly $1,684,238) Illwinter Game Design
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ older $14.99 2,792 90% 84k $1.3M (exactly $1,255,562) ACE Team
Eslabong · EA $14.99 1,077 95% 32k $484k (exactly $484,327) shirowita
Fort Triumph older $19.99 714 78% 21k $428k (exactly $428,186) CookieByte Entertainment
CastleStorm older $9.99 1,262 89% 38k $378k (exactly $378,221) Zen Studios
The Last Oricru - Final Cut older $19.99 557 67% 17k $334k (exactly $334,033) GoldKnights
EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken older $18.99 542 67% 16k $309k (exactly $308,777) TrinityBJ
The Awakener: Battle Tendency $14.98 233 74% 7.0k $105k (exactly $104,710) TANER GAMES
DSS 2: War Industry $17.99 183 83% 5.5k $99k (exactly $98,765) vikingfabian
Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege $9.99 109 94% 3.3k $33k (exactly $32,667) Lillymo Games
Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection $24.99 38 86% 1.1k $28k (exactly $28,489) Grimorio of Games
Rogue Fist $8.99 92 89% 2.8k $25k (exactly $24,812) Wetcoat Games
Wizzerd Quest 2 $14.99 54 74% 1.6k $24k (exactly $24,284) Kondoorsoft
Monarchy $14.99 47 78% 1.4k $21k (exactly $21,136) Brain Seal Ltd
Asterix & Obelix - Mission Babylon $24.99 26 76% 780 $19k (exactly $19,492) Balio Studio
Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira · EA $11.99 36 83% 1.1k $13k (exactly $12,949) Shed of Ideas

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