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Online Co-Op + Precision Platformer
Of 81 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Precision Platformer 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.. 87 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360. Revenue is down 65% on the market, with 87 games announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $358 (exactly $358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $57,912) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 81 |
| Released games | 146 |
| Announced | 87 |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Precision Platformer
- 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, Precision Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,416 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 87 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
HUNTDOWN 2021 · $2.4M 
Bread & Fred 2023 · $1.9M 
Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k 
JUMP KING QUEST 2026 · $541k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | HUNTDOWN | older | $19.99 | 4,059 94% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) | Easy Trigger Games |
| | Bread & Fred | older | $14.99 | 4,217 79% | 127k | $1.9M (exactly $1,896,385) | SandCastles Studio |
| | Climber Animals: Together | older | $3.99 | 6,014 73% | 180k | $720k (exactly $719,876) | Devotion Interactive |
| | JUMP KING QUEST | $14.99 | 1,202 88% | 36k | $541k (exactly $540,539) | Nexile | |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | Only Climb: Better Together | older | $4.99 | 2,939 54% | 88k | $440k (exactly $439,968) | Exbyte Studios |
 | Bloody Trapland | older | $4.99 | 2,777 83% | 83k | $416k (exactly $415,717) | 2Play |
 | Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity | older | $9.99 | 824 83% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,953) | 2Play, Prasius |
 | Paddle Paddle Paddle | $4.99 | 1,584 86% | 48k | $237k (exactly $237,125) | Zoroarts | |
 | Brave Escape | $19.99 | 145 97% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Hit Start Studios | |
 | Stuck Together | $11.99 | 161 88% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Hugecalf Studios | |
 | THE CANON OF BALLS | $3.99 | 287 98% | 8.6k | $34k (exactly $34,354) | Helios Monk | |
 | An Eggstremely Hard Game | $4.99 | 196 84% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,341) | BBear Studio | |
 | Unicycle Together | $4.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $29k (exactly $29,042) | Eneskp, Yusuf Demirhan | |
 | Hold Your King | $5.99 | 154 83% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Next Big Game Studio | |
 | Oeuf | $9.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | increpare games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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