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Should I ship a Local Co-Op RTS?
RTS + Local Co-Op
Only 10 developers shipped a Local Co-Op RTS 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, DSS 2: War Industry, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $98,765) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 580% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 83% positive over 313 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™ 2011 · $4.3M 
Tooth and Tail 2017 · $1.7M 
Cortex Command 2012 · $1.2M 
DG2: Defense Grid 2 2014 · $810k 
BattleGroupVR 2023 · $643k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™ | older | $19.99 | 7,194 94% | 216k | $4.3M (exactly $4,314,242) | Traveller's Tales |
| | Tooth and Tail | older | $19.99 | 2,887 82% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,731,334) | Pocketwatch Games |
| | Cortex Command | older | $19.99 | 2,003 82% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,201,199) | Data Realms |
| | DG2: Defense Grid 2 | older | $9.99 | 2,704 86% | 81k | $810k (exactly $810,389) | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| | BattleGroupVR | older | $24.99 | 858 92% | 26k | $643k (exactly $643,243) | SpaceOwl Games |
 | Toy Soldiers: Complete | older | $14.99 | 989 78% | 30k | $445k (exactly $444,753) | Signal Studios, Krome Studios |
 | CastleStorm | older | $9.99 | 1,262 89% | 38k | $378k (exactly $378,221) | Zen Studios |
 | Atom Zombie Smasher | older | $9.99 | 1,109 89% | 33k | $332k (exactly $332,367) | Blendo Games |
 | Worbital | older | $12.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $163k (exactly $162,505) | Team Jolly Roger |
 | DSS 2: War Industry | $17.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $99k (exactly $98,765) | vikingfabian | |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Global Business Tycoon | $12.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | Virox Studios | |
 | Celestis | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Tasharen Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Gangs Of Asia | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Moonpunch |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Minidinos | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Gordan Glavaš | |
 | Environment Protection Ambassador | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CHEN YUANJI | |
 | Godcall Defense Line | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SEN | |
 | Ball2 Battle | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YL Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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