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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Quick-Time Events game?
Local Co-Op + Quick-Time Events
Only 13 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Quick-Time Events 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, PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120, ×0.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. Revenue is down 95% on the market, with 15 games announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
| Top 5% | $624k (exactly $624,392) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
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
- Quick-Time Events
- 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, Quick-Time Events
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 858 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me 2022 · $4.5M 
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC 2025 · $624k 
Blue Estate The Game 2015 · $590k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me | older | $39.99 | 3,778 56% | 113k | $4.5M (exactly $4,532,467) | Supermassive Games |
| | PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC | $29.99 | 694 90% | 21k | $624k (exactly $624,392) | NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. | |
| | Blue Estate The Game | older | $12.99 | 1,515 92% | 45k | $590k (exactly $590,396) | HE SAW |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
 | Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures | older | $19.99 | 25 40% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Mindscape, Frag Games |
 | Ultra Foodmess | older | $3.99 | 105 93% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,568) | Riftpoint Entertainment |
 | Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel | older | $29.99 | 11 9% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Twigames Inc. |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | Keep It Contained | · EA | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Triarch Interactive |
 | Paper Cannon | $1.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Enter the Game Studios | |
 | Hell Loop | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Tuncay Ayanoglu | |
 | Manda Duo | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | GreenBox | |
 | Crushiator | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Carus | |
 | My Bloody Weekend 3 | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Necronomicon Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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