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Turn-Based Strategy + Local Co-Op
Of 32 developers who shipped a Local Co-Op Turn-Based Strategy 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.. 41 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $390. Revenue is flat on the market; 41 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,912) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $49,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 105 |
| Announced | 41 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 flat on the market, supply 255% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 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 Strategy, Local Co-Op; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Co-op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,327 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WuxiaFair
- + Cold WarFair
- + RomeFair
- + LootFair
- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017 · $244M 
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015 · $33M 
For The King 2018 · $19M 
For The King II 2023 · $9.5M 
Worms W.M.D 2016 · $9.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | older | $44.99 | 180,782 95% | 5.4M | $244M (exactly $244,001,465) | Larian Studios |
| | 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 |
| | For The King II | older | $24.99 | 12,708 71% | 381k | $9.5M (exactly $9,527,188) | 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 |
 | Wingspan | older | $19.99 | 9,807 94% | 294k | $5.9M (exactly $5,881,258) | Monster Couch |
 | 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 |
 | Sunderfolk | $49.99 | 1,890 93% | 57k | $2.8M (exactly $2,834,433) | Secret Door | |
 | Heroes Of Might And Magic III | $9.99 | 166 50% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $49,750) | Ubisoft, New World Computing | |
 | Beacon Patrol | $11.99 | 70 97% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Shapes and Dreams, BrutalHack | |
 | Keep the Heroes Out | $19.99 | 35 60% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Brueh Games, YarnCat Games | |
 | Ragtag Heroes : CO-OP Deckbuilder | · EA | $14.99 | 37 62% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Ragtag Heroes Team |
 | Duo Quest | $14.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | 1+1 Studios | |
 | Super World War | $19.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Zero Games Studios | |
 | Delta Manager | · EA | $12.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Fassi Blue |
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 | Chess of Mana | $8.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Monk Monkey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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