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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Local Co-Op
Of 31 developers who shipped a Local Co-Op Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 33 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $49k, ×78 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 33 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) |
| Top 5% | $49k (exactly $49,017) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 33 |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 245% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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 Tactics, Local Co-Op; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, 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, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,186 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Pit People® 2018 · $4.5M 
Football, Tactics & Glory 2018 · $3.0M 
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021 · $2.9M 
Sunderfolk 2025 · $2.8M 
Hero's Hour 2022 · $2.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pit People® | older | $19.99 | 7,458 92% | 224k | $4.5M (exactly $4,472,563) | The Behemoth |
| | Football, Tactics & Glory | older | $24.99 | 3,998 87% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $2,997,301) | Creoteam |
| | Axis & Allies 1942 Online | older | $19.99 | 4,810 78% | 144k | $2.9M (exactly $2,884,557) | Beamdog |
| | Sunderfolk | $49.99 | 1,890 93% | 57k | $2.8M (exactly $2,834,433) | Secret Door | |
| | Hero's Hour | older | $17.99 | 4,643 79% | 139k | $2.5M (exactly $2,505,827) | Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer |
 | Wargroove | older | $19.99 | 4,015 83% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,407,796) | Chucklefish |
 | Stolen Realm | older | $19.99 | 3,470 84% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,080,959) | Burst2Flame Games |
 | Worms Clan Wars | older | $24.99 | 1,678 77% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,257,997) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Spirit Island | older | $24.99 | 1,545 91% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,286) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Fort Triumph | older | $19.99 | 714 78% | 21k | $428k (exactly $428,186) | CookieByte Entertainment |
 | Deviation Game | · EA | $14.99 | 109 90% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Tomo Kihara, Playfool |
 | Beacon Patrol | $11.99 | 70 97% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Shapes and Dreams, BrutalHack | |
 | Ragtag Heroes : CO-OP Deckbuilder | · EA | $14.99 | 37 62% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Ragtag Heroes Team |
 | 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 |
 | Chess of Mana | $8.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Monk Monkey | |
 | Hard Edge - War Zone | $15.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | SUNSOFT | |
 | Co OPERATION: MultiTurn | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Mind Feast Games | |
 | Boardquest: Tales of Liria | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ramezware SL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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