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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Point & Click game?
Online Co-Op + Point & Click
Of 28 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Point & Click 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.. 34 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×1.1 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $510. Revenue is up 295% on the market; 34 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $505 (exactly $505) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,860) |
| Top 5% | $644k (exactly $643,970) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Point & Click
- 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, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Puzzle, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 8,913 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $510. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Escape Simulator 2021 · $9.9M 
The Past Within 2022 · $2.6M 
Escape Simulator 2 2025 · $2.6M 
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019 · $1.8M 
Distrust: Polar Survival 2017 · $687k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Escape Simulator | older | $19.99 | 16,496 94% | 495k | $9.9M (exactly $9,892,651) | Pine Studio |
| | The Past Within | older | $5.99 | 14,673 94% | 440k | $2.6M (exactly $2,636,738) | Rusty Lake |
| | Escape Simulator 2 | $19.99 | 4,292 92% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) | Pine Studio | |
| | Tick Tock: A Tale for Two | older | $5.99 | 10,006 85% | 300k | $1.8M (exactly $1,798,078) | Other Tales Interactive |
| | Distrust: Polar Survival | older | $12.99 | 1,764 73% | 53k | $687k (exactly $687,431) | Cheerdealers |
 | In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure | $14.99 | 1,432 86% | 43k | $644k (exactly $643,970) | Clock Out Games | |
 | Unboxing the Cryptic Killer | older | $5.99 | 2,354 89% | 71k | $423k (exactly $423,014) | Eleven Puzzles |
 | Rhythia | · EA | $3.99 | 2,029 83% | 61k | $243k (exactly $242,871) | Capo Games |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | Let's Minesweeper | older | $4.99 | 780 76% | 23k | $117k (exactly $116,766) | SUNJOY GAME |
 | NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム) | $11.99 | 148 93% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $53,236) | Polyscape Inc. | |
 | Nano Neighbors | $7.99 | 112 76% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $26,846) | Studio BitDot | |
 | Spectator 2 | $12.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $13k (exactly $12,860) | Neko Machine, Minechan | |
 | Pizza Restaurant Together | · EA | $14.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $13k (exactly $12,592) | FunPlay Dev |
 | BRELOK -ねずみたちの脱出- | $3.99 | 97 91% | 2.9k | $12k (exactly $11,611) | ひろめてん | |
 | DR Dominoes | $5.99 | 40 100% | 1.2k | $7.2k (exactly $7,188) | Gammes |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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