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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Real Time Tactics?
Online Co-Op + Real Time Tactics
Of 66 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Real Time Tactics 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.. 150 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 150 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,782) |
| Top 5% | $913k (exactly $913,196) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 66 |
| Released games | 213 |
| Announced | 150 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 45% more 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
- Real Time Tactics
- 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, Real Time Tactics; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, RTS, Co-op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 123,684 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 44 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 150 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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