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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Parkour game?
Online Co-Op + Parkour
Of 91 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Parkour 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.. 138 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×1.3 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×284 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 138 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,629) |
| Top 5% | $425k (exactly $424,998) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 91 |
| Released games | 178 |
| Announced | 138 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Parkour
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Parkour; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Adventure, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 19,956 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 7 in 10 of the 42 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 138 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Dying Light 2015 · $280M 
Watch_Dogs® 2 2016 · $143M 
Assassin's Creed® Unity 2014 · $71M 
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist 2013 · $12M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dying Light | older | $24.99 | 373,413 95% | 11M | $280M (exactly $279,947,726) | Techland |
| | Watch_Dogs® 2 | older | $49.99 | 95,242 82% | 2.9M | $143M (exactly $142,834,427) | Ubisoft |
| | Assassin's Creed® Unity | older | $29.99 | 79,116 77% | 2.4M | $71M (exactly $71,180,665) | Ubisoft |
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist | older | $19.99 | 19,309 78% | 579k | $12M (exactly $11,579,607) | Ubisoft Toronto |
 | Echo Point Nova | $24.99 | 7,521 96% | 226k | $5.6M (exactly $5,638,494) | Greylock Studio | |
 | SpiderHeck | older | $14.99 | 3,922 93% | 118k | $1.8M (exactly $1,763,723) | Neverjam |
 | STORROR Parkour Pro | · EA | $24.99 | 1,605 71% | 48k | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) | Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios |
 | Hover | older | $19.99 | 1,536 81% | 46k | $921k (exactly $921,139) | Midgar Studio, Fusty Game |
 | Climber Animals: Together | older | $3.99 | 6,014 73% | 180k | $720k (exactly $719,876) | Devotion Interactive |
 | Pratfall | $7.99 | 2,797 90% | 84k | $670k (exactly $670,441) | Quad Head | |
 | Last Train Outta' Wormtown | $11.99 | 1,453 96% | 44k | $523k (exactly $522,644) | Get(Color) Games | |
 | Carry The Glass | $4.99 | 2,839 75% | 85k | $425k (exactly $424,998) | Çağatay Demir, Enes Kaplan | |
 | Survival Machine | $19.99 | 692 69% | 21k | $415k (exactly $414,992) | Grape Pickers | |
 | Big Hops Together | $19.99 | 453 89% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | Luckshot Games | |
 | Paddle Paddle Paddle | $4.99 | 1,584 86% | 48k | $237k (exactly $237,125) | Zoroarts | |
 | Log Riders | $4.99 | 660 70% | 20k | $99k (exactly $98,802) | Bluespy Studios | |
 | Frog Sqwad 🐸 | $7.99 | 352 72% | 11k | $84k (exactly $84,374) | Panic Stations |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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