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Stealth + Local Co-Op
Of 20 developers who shipped a Local Co-Op Stealth game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $16M, ×26380 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,625) |
| Top 5% | $17M (exactly $16,566,657) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 85% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Local Co-Op; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 14,502 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
REANIMAL 2026 · $17M 
The Escapists 2 2017 · $16M 
Untitled Goose Game 2020 · $14M 
Streets of Rogue 2019 · $10M 
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine 2013 · $1.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | REANIMAL | $39.99 | 13,809 78% | 414k | $17M (exactly $16,566,657) | Tarsier Studios | |
| | The Escapists 2 | older | $19.99 | 26,452 90% | 794k | $16M (exactly $15,863,264) | Team17, Mouldy Toof Studios |
| | Untitled Goose Game | older | $19.99 | 22,797 95% | 684k | $14M (exactly $13,671,361) | House House |
| | Streets of Rogue | older | $19.99 | 17,215 96% | 516k | $10M (exactly $10,323,836) | Matt Dabrowski |
| | Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine | older | $14.99 | 3,756 92% | 113k | $1.7M (exactly $1,689,073) | Pocketwatch Games |
 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory® | older | $9.99 | 5,391 93% | 162k | $1.6M (exactly $1,615,683) | Ubisoft Montreal |
 | Pizza Possum | older | $6.99 | 1,800 93% | 54k | $377k (exactly $377,460) | Friedemann, Noio Games |
 | Hot Brass | older | $14.99 | 488 81% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,454) | Walk with Kings |
 | Mr. Sun's Hatbox | older | $14.99 | 412 85% | 12k | $185k (exactly $185,276) | Kenny Sun |
 | Takelings House Party | · EA older | $19.99 | 305 79% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | DimnHouse |
 | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
 | Monaco 2 | $14.99 | 156 63% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Pocketwatch Games | |
 | The Left Behind | $10.99 | 116 23% | 3.5k | $38k (exactly $38,245) | Extrude | |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | Horror Royale | $5.99 | 56 66% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,063) | Ben Wade | |
 | Drunk Builder Simulator | $2.99 | 78 39% | 2.3k | $7.0k (exactly $6,997) | Viper | |
 | Where is Billy? | $6.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | Triple Boris Inc., Dodo Tako | |
 | Neon Knives | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Cookiecrayon | |
 | Toy Scrappers | $4.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | LoudScream |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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