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Should I ship a Mythological Local Co-Op game?
Local Co-Op + Mythology
Only 6 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Twin Shot Deluxe, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $74k against a market of $630. 29 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
|---|---|
| Median | $74k (exactly $74,363) |
| Top 25% | $108k (exactly $107,557) |
| Top 5% | $350k (exactly $349,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 10,948 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 29 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootStrong odds
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Action RPGFair
- + ModernFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Board GameFair
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + MedievalFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
WARRIORS OROCHI 4 2018 · $8.0M 
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard 2017 · $2.5M 
Unruly Heroes 2019 · $458k 
Ghostlore 2023 · $422k 
Tunche 2021 · $371k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WARRIORS OROCHI 4 | older | $59.99 | 4,424 85% | 133k | $8.0M (exactly $7,961,873) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Vikings - Wolves of Midgard | older | $29.99 | 2,808 58% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,526,358) | Games Farm |
| | Unruly Heroes | older | $19.99 | 763 74% | 23k | $458k (exactly $457,571) | Magic Design Studios |
| | Ghostlore | older | $19.99 | 703 81% | 21k | $422k (exactly $421,589) | Andrew Teo, Adam Teo |
| | Tunche | older | $19.99 | 618 73% | 19k | $371k (exactly $370,615) | LEAP Game Studios |
 | Twin Shot Deluxe | $9.99 | 1,167 95% | 35k | $350k (exactly $349,750) | Nitrome Limited | |
 | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
 | Mythmatch | $19.99 | 124 98% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $74,363) | Team Artichoke | |
 | Onsen Master | older | $14.99 | 18 55% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Waking Oni Games |
 | Shield Impact | older | $1.99 | 47 78% | 1.4k | $2.8k (exactly $2,806) | Magitech Games |
 | Arm of Satan: Chapter 1 | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Ludophoria | |
 | Gorgon's quest | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Swansong games | |
 | Frogstool | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | janlovesjerky |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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