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Local Co-Op + Minigames
Only 17 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Minigames 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, Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.9k, ×21 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $6.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $4.1M, ×8709 the market median. Revenue is up 225% on the market; 25 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,991) |
| Top 5% | $4.1M (exactly $4,136,731) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 225% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Co-Op, Minigames; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Multiplayer, Adventure
- Price point
- $19.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cartoony, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $19.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 8,334 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.3k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted 2025 · $4.1M 
LEGO® Party! 2025 · $1.3M 
Rayman Raving Rabbids™ 2008 · $578k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted | $19.99 | 6,898 66% | 207k | $4.1M (exactly $4,136,731) | PopCap Games, The Lost Pixels | |
| | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
| | Rayman Raving Rabbids™ | older | $9.99 | 1,930 84% | 58k | $578k (exactly $578,421) | Ubisoft Bulgaria, Ubisoft Montpellier |
 | Takelings House Party | · EA older | $19.99 | 305 79% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | DimnHouse |
 | My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery | older | $39.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $151k (exactly $151,162) | Drakhar Studios |
 | Marooners | older | $9.99 | 293 61% | 8.8k | $88k (exactly $87,812) | M2H |
 | Mythmatch | $19.99 | 124 98% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $74,363) | Team Artichoke | |
 | PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls | older | $39.99 | 58 51% | 1.7k | $70k (exactly $69,583) | Drakhar Studio |
 | Barbie Project Friendship™ | $39.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $49k (exactly $49,188) | Xaloc Studios, Casual Brothers Ltd. | |
 | Bratz® Rhythm & Style | $39.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $36k (exactly $35,991) | Recotechnology S.L. | |
 | Dino Party | $11.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Studio Nachtwerk | |
 | PAW Patrol™: Dino World | $39.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $17k (exactly $16,796) | 3DClouds | |
 | Neopets - Mega Mini Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey | $9.99 | 38 31% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | No Gravity Games | |
 | Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis: Next! | $29.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Old Skull Games | |
 | Educational Family Games | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | Crazysoft Limited |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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