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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Trivia game?

Local Co-Op + Trivia

Only 12 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Trivia 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, The Jackbox Party Pack 11, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $7.5k, ×16 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 15.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 15% on the market, 13 announced, ×1.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Local Co-Op + Trivia
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.9k → $60 → $11k → $7.2k
Outcomes for Local Co-Op + Trivia: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $7.5k (exactly $7,497)
Top 25% $30k (exactly $29,970)
Top 5% $377k (exactly $376,974)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 41
Announced 13
Effort 4 / 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 up 15% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Trivia
effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Local Co-Op, Trivia
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 934 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $7.5k, 1 in 4 over $29k, 1 in 20 over $370k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Local Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LootStrong odds22 devs · median $7.3k · 21 announced
  2. + LGBTQ+Fair11 devs · median $14k · 12 announced
  3. + Artificial IntelligenceFair16 devs · median $11k · 15 announced
  4. + Action RPGFair68 devs · median $6.0k · 82 announced
  5. + ModernFair11 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  6. + Dark FantasyFair40 devs · median $2.7k · 47 announced
  7. + Board GameFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 41 announced
  8. + Dungeon CrawlerFair49 devs · median $1.8k · 60 announced
  9. + MedievalFair46 devs · median $1.8k · 52 announced
  10. + Immersive SimFair22 devs · median $1.8k · 27 announced
  11. + Point & ClickFair12 devs · median $1.8k · 9 announced
  12. + Turn-Based StrategyFair32 devs · median $1.3k · 41 announced

All 151 pairs on the Local Co-Op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016 · $3.9M The Jackbox Party Pack 7 2020 · $3.6M The Jackbox Party Pack 6 2019 · $2.1M The Jackbox Party Pack 5 2018 · $2.0M The Jackbox Party Pack 4 2017 · $1.9M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 older $24.99 5,139 96% 154k $3.9M (exactly $3,852,708) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 7 older $29.99 4,001 96% 120k $3.6M (exactly $3,599,700) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 6 older $29.99 2,343 95% 70k $2.1M (exactly $2,107,997) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 older $29.99 2,180 93% 65k $2.0M (exactly $1,961,346) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 older $24.99 2,478 94% 74k $1.9M (exactly $1,857,757) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack older $24.99 1,467 90% 44k $1.1M (exactly $1,099,810) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 older $24.99 1,447 95% 43k $1.1M (exactly $1,084,816) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 older $29.99 1,134 90% 34k $1.0M (exactly $1,020,260) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 9 older $29.99 605 84% 18k $544k (exactly $544,318) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 older $29.99 500 65% 15k $450k (exactly $449,850) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 11 $29.99 419 93% 13k $377k (exactly $376,974) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Survey Scramble $9.99 318 90% 9.5k $95k (exactly $95,305) Jackbox Games, Inc
The You Quiz $9.99 100 93% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Hazard Wizard
Duo Quest $14.99 26 65% 780 $12k (exactly $11,692) 1+1 Studios
KUUKIYOMI 4: Consider It $7.99 47 85% 1.4k $11k (exactly $11,266) G-MODE
Educational Family Games $24.99 10 100% 300 $7.5k (exactly $7,497) Crazysoft Limited
It’s Quiz Time: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2026 Edition $29.99 8 100% 240 $7.2k (exactly $7,198) Snap Finger Click
Ray Cheng Trivia Editor $9.99 1 0% 30 $300 (exactly $300) Ray Cheng
Cite $2.99 3 100% 90 $269 (exactly $269) Kovach
图说八道 $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) StarryMatrix

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.