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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Multiple Endings game?
Online Co-Op + Multiple Endings
Of 41 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Multiple Endings 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.. 97 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×2.0 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $610k, ×414 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,229) |
| Top 5% | $620k (exactly $619,864) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 97 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Multiple Endings; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Co-op, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 18,591 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
BIGFOOT 2017 · EA · $11M 
Rise of the Ronin 2025 · $9.8M 
Into the Radius 2 2026 · $6.3M 
Dead Rising® 2 2010 · $3.7M 
We Were Here Too 2018 · $2.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BIGFOOT | · EA older | $19.99 | 17,818 83% | 535k | $11M (exactly $10,685,455) | CyberLight Game Studio |
| | Rise of the Ronin | $49.99 | 6,503 64% | 195k | $9.8M (exactly $9,752,549) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Into the Radius 2 | $39.99 | 5,253 79% | 158k | $6.3M (exactly $6,302,024) | CM IMMERSIVE | |
| | Dead Rising® 2 | older | $19.99 | 6,227 79% | 187k | $3.7M (exactly $3,734,332) | Capcom Vancouver |
| | We Were Here Too | older | $9.99 | 9,005 78% | 270k | $2.7M (exactly $2,698,798) | Total Mayhem Games |
 | Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp | older | $11.99 | 4,994 97% | 150k | $1.8M (exactly $1,796,342) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | Salt and Sacrifice | older | $19.99 | 1,738 62% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,042,279) | Devoured Studios, Ska Studios |
 | Scarlet Idol | $7.99 | 2,586 66% | 78k | $620k (exactly $619,864) | 山雨工作室 | |
 | We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip | older | $3.99 | 3,979 81% | 119k | $476k (exactly $476,286) | Total Mayhem Games |
 | Love Begins With Goodbye | $15.99 | 973 94% | 29k | $467k (exactly $466,748) | 大王工作室, 框嗒网络 | |
 | Witch's Apocalyptic Journey | $8.99 | 1,282 84% | 38k | $346k (exactly $345,755) | MeowAlive | |
 | CRYO | · EA | $14.99 | 435 86% | 13k | $196k (exactly $195,620) | Valko Game Studios |
 | School 666 | $9.99 | 555 82% | 17k | $166k (exactly $166,334) | Lokin | |
 | MARVEL MaXimum Collection | $24.99 | 111 76% | 3.3k | $83k (exactly $83,217) | Limited Run Games | |
 | iDigging | $2.99 | 729 69% | 22k | $65k (exactly $65,391) | TWEN | |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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