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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Local Co-Op
Only 3 developers shipped a Local Co-Op Turn-Based game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 9 did: 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.. 2 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 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 $630. 2 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
|---|---|
| Median | $83k (exactly $83,381) |
| Top 25% | $151k (exactly $151,150) |
| Top 5% | $2.5M (exactly $2,524,990) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 2 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 133,000 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 2 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015 · $33M 
For The King 2018 · $19M 
Worms W.M.D 2016 · $9.4M 
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition 2015 · $9.1M 
Might & Magic® Heroes® VII 2015 · $6.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition | older | $39.99 | 27,485 88% | 825k | $33M (exactly $32,973,754) | Larian Studios |
| | For The King | older | $19.99 | 31,038 87% | 931k | $19M (exactly $18,613,489) | IronOak Games |
| | Worms W.M.D | older | $29.99 | 10,435 85% | 313k | $9.4M (exactly $9,388,370) | Team17 |
| | Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition | older | $14.99 | 20,127 79% | 604k | $9.1M (exactly $9,051,112) | Dotemu |
| | Might & Magic® Heroes® VII | older | $29.99 | 6,836 54% | 205k | $6.2M (exactly $6,150,349) | Limbic Entertainment |
 | Child of Light | older | $14.99 | 12,108 91% | 363k | $5.4M (exactly $5,444,968) | Ubisoft Montréal |
 | Pit People® | older | $19.99 | 7,458 92% | 224k | $4.5M (exactly $4,472,563) | The Behemoth |
 | Worms Armageddon | older | $14.99 | 7,851 94% | 236k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,595) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Football, Tactics & Glory | older | $24.99 | 3,998 87% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $2,997,301) | Creoteam |
 | Worms Revolution | older | $14.99 | 5,664 86% | 170k | $2.5M (exactly $2,547,101) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Ragtag Heroes : CO-OP Deckbuilder | · EA | $14.99 | 37 62% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Ragtag Heroes Team |
 | Boardquest: Tales of Liria | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ramezware SL | |
 | Checkers Kingdom | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Pinch Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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