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Should I ship a Music Local Co-Op game?
Local Co-Op + Music
Only 12 developers shipped a Music Local Co-Op 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, Rhythm Doctor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×33 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $15M, ×31590 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 11 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,912) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,188) |
| Top 5% | $15M (exactly $15,005,094) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Music
- 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
- Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 40,869 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Action RPGFair
- + ModernFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Board GameFair
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + MedievalFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
Rhythm Doctor 2025 · $15M 
Just Shapes & Beats 2018 · $14M 
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015 · $11M 
Rayman® Legends 2013 · $10M 
Tetris® Effect: Connected 2021 · $10M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rhythm Doctor | $19.99 | 25,021 98% | 751k | $15M (exactly $15,005,094) | 7th Beat Games | |
| | Just Shapes & Beats | older | $19.99 | 24,041 97% | 721k | $14M (exactly $14,417,388) | Berzerk Studio |
| | Crypt of the NecroDancer | older | $14.99 | 23,593 95% | 708k | $11M (exactly $10,609,772) | Brace Yourself Games |
| | Rayman® Legends | older | $29.99 | 11,420 89% | 343k | $10M (exactly $10,274,574) | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | Tetris® Effect: Connected | older | $39.99 | 8,429 94% | 253k | $10M (exactly $10,112,271) | Monstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games |
 | Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY | $9.99 | 15,615 85% | 468k | $4.7M (exactly $4,679,816) | Ubisoft - San Francisco, Ubisoft - Osaka | |
 | AudioSurf | older | $9.99 | 8,901 95% | 267k | $2.7M (exactly $2,667,630) | Dylan Fitterer |
 | Audiosurf 2 | older | $14.99 | 5,364 82% | 161k | $2.4M (exactly $2,412,191) | Dylan Fitterer |
 | Beat Hazard | older | $9.99 | 5,072 95% | 152k | $1.5M (exactly $1,520,078) | Cold Beam Games |
 | No Straight Roads: Encore Edition | older | $24.99 | 1,813 89% | 54k | $1.4M (exactly $1,359,206) | Metronomik |
 | Barbie Project Friendship™ | $39.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $49k (exactly $49,188) | Xaloc Studios, Casual Brothers Ltd. | |
 | Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palombia | $24.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Ocellus Studio | |
 | Aaero2 | $14.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Mad Fellows | |
 | Concerto on White: Cajon Story | $8.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $15,912) | C11 Games | |
 | PixelJunk™ Eden 2 | $14.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Q-Games Ltd. | |
 | Bop It! The Video Game | $7.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | Alliance | |
 | SingFever - Your Sing Game | · EA | $29.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Gaming Limited |
 | Catch Flex | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Vilegacy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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