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Should I ship a Mythological Online Co-Op game?
Online Co-Op + Mythology
Of 21 developers who shipped a Mythological Online Co-Op 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.. 83 more are announced, ×8.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.7k, ×5.8 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $960; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×12191 the market median. Revenue is up 1890% on the market; 83 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $959 (exactly $959) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) |
| Top 25% | $106k (exactly $105,574) |
| Top 5% | $18M (exactly $18,262,681) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1890% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 34%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Open World
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Difficult, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 490,104 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $960. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Valheim 2026 · $418M 
Age of Mythology: Retold 2024 · $19M 
Titan Quest II 2025 · EA · $18M 
Strange Brigade 2018 · $12M 
Tribes of Midgard 2021 · $10M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Valheim | $29.99 | 464,893 94% | 14M | $418M (exactly $418,264,232) | Iron Gate AB | |
| | Age of Mythology: Retold | older | $29.99 | 20,943 90% | 628k | $19M (exactly $18,842,417) | World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantal… (World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, CaptureAge, Virtuos Games) |
| | Titan Quest II | · EA | $34.99 | 17,398 81% | 522k | $18M (exactly $18,262,681) | Grimlore Games |
| | Strange Brigade | older | $49.99 | 8,309 84% | 249k | $12M (exactly $12,461,007) | Rebellion |
| | Tribes of Midgard | older | $19.99 | 17,465 76% | 524k | $10M (exactly $10,473,760) | Norsfell |
 | SWORN | $24.99 | 3,779 80% | 113k | $2.8M (exactly $2,833,116) | Windwalk Games | |
 | Vikings - Wolves of Midgard | older | $29.99 | 2,808 58% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,526,358) | Games Farm |
 | Neon Abyss 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,968 68% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,180,210) | Veewo Games |
 | Niffelheim | older | $19.99 | 1,820 73% | 55k | $1.1M (exactly $1,091,454) | Ellada Games |
 | Dawn of Defiance | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,734 77% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,039,880) | Traega Entertainment |
 | Folklore Hunter | $17.99 | 1,217 75% | 37k | $657k (exactly $656,815) | Liquid Donkey Games | |
 | Utawarerumono: ZAN 2 | $39.99 | 88 82% | 2.6k | $106k (exactly $105,574) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | Pushing it! Together - Sisyphus Co-op | $3.99 | 491 48% | 15k | $59k (exactly $58,773) | Bashir "ManliestDev" Kashalo,… (Bashir "ManliestDev" Kashalo, Blind Archer) | |
 | Immortal Hunters | $19.99 | 95 67% | 2.9k | $57k (exactly $56,971) | Admiral Games | |
 | Together in Forgotten Lands | $7.99 | 104 90% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vellichor Games | |
 | Pyramidion | · EA | $4.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | TechDevAYDIN |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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