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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Minigames game?
Online Co-Op + Minigames
Of 22 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Minigames 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.. 41 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.2k, ×6.1 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $910k, ×611 the market median. Revenue is up 295% on the market; 41 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.2k (exactly $9,165) |
| Top 25% | $210k (exactly $210,389) |
| Top 5% | $916k (exactly $915,883) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 41 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 295% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Minigames; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Adventure, Character Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 3D, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 15,465 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.1k. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
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Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Party Panic 2017 · $1.5M 
First Class Trouble 2021 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Party Panic | older | $16.99 | 2,886 76% | 87k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,994) | Everglow Interactive Inc. |
| | First Class Trouble | older | $14.99 | 3,103 79% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,395,419) | Invisible Walls |
 | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
 | Among Us 3D | $9.99 | 3,056 72% | 92k | $916k (exactly $915,883) | Schell Games, Innersloth | |
 | Feign | $4.99 | 5,270 91% | 158k | $789k (exactly $788,919) | Teneke Kafalar | |
 | Sledding Game | · EA | $7.99 | 2,915 96% | 87k | $699k (exactly $698,726) | The Sledding Corporation |
 | On-Together: Virtual Co-Working | $9.99 | 1,314 93% | 39k | $394k (exactly $393,806) | GigaPuff | |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | Starlight Revolver | · EA | $12.99 | 404 54% | 12k | $157k (exactly $157,439) | Pahdo Labs |
 | Feather Party | $8.99 | 548 87% | 16k | $148k (exactly $147,796) | threeW | |
 | Villainy | $7.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Studio Rend | |
 | Dino Party | $11.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Studio Nachtwerk |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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