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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Point & Click game?
Local Co-Op + Point & Click
Only 12 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Point & Click 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, Tiny Lands 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 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 $90. Revenue is up 5495% on the market; 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) |
| Top 5% | $38k (exactly $37,762) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 5495% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- Point & Click
- 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, Point & Click
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 220 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Past Within 2022 · $2.6M 
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019 · $1.8M 
The Cave 2013 · $1.1M 
Tiny Lands 2 2025 · $38k 
Fort Boyard 2019 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Past Within | older | $5.99 | 14,673 94% | 440k | $2.6M (exactly $2,636,738) | Rusty Lake |
| | Tick Tock: A Tale for Two | older | $5.99 | 10,006 85% | 300k | $1.8M (exactly $1,798,078) | Other Tales Interactive |
| | The Cave | older | $14.99 | 2,483 87% | 74k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,605) | Double Fine Productions |
| | Tiny Lands 2 | $9.99 | 126 94% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $37,762) | Hyper Three Studio | |
| | Fort Boyard | older | $24.99 | 41 53% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Appeal Studio |
 | Copter and Sky | older | $6.99 | 55 61% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,534) | Fly Dream Dev |
 | Fofumia | $15.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | Actoon Studio | |
 | Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice | older | $4.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Mark Lara Devs |
 | Pushmania | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Kind of Games | |
 | Pétanque 2026 | $4.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | DELPORTE Lucas | |
 | Keep It Contained | · EA | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Triarch Interactive |
 | T1WRE3: NONAME | $2.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | NoName | |
 | Two-Dye | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Smidd Games | |
 | OnlyGame | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 小桨哥 | |
 | Art Spotting Co-op | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Musabiza | |
 | The Cruciball | $49.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Timothy Letkeman |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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