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Should I ship a Romance Online Co-Op game?
Online Co-Op + Romance
Only 8 developers shipped a Romance Online Co-Op game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Le Mans Ultimate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $17k against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,766) |
| Top 25% | $467k (exactly $466,748) |
| Top 5% | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, 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
- Romance
- 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
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 783,661 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 2 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Escape RoomFair
- + TypingFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
Comparable games
Baldur's Gate 3 2023 · $1.4B 
Le Mans Ultimate 2025 · $18M 
Roots of Pacha 2023 · $2.8M 
Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012) 2020 · $1.9M 
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp 2020 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Baldur's Gate 3 | older | $59.99 | 755,010 96% | 23M | $1.4B (exactly $1,358,791,497) | Larian Studios |
| | Le Mans Ultimate | $39.99 | 15,068 79% | 452k | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) | Studio 397 | |
| | Roots of Pacha | older | $24.99 | 3,779 93% | 113k | $2.8M (exactly $2,833,116) | Soda Den |
| | Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012) | older | $29.99 | 2,135 75% | 64k | $1.9M (exactly $1,920,860) | BioWare |
| | Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp | older | $11.99 | 4,994 97% | 150k | $1.8M (exactly $1,796,342) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | Degrees of Separation | older | $19.99 | 1,011 80% | 30k | $606k (exactly $606,297) | Moondrop |
 | Love Begins With Goodbye | $15.99 | 973 94% | 29k | $467k (exactly $466,748) | 大王工作室, 框嗒网络 | |
 | Astatos | · EA older | $14.99 | 298 82% | 8.9k | $134k (exactly $134,011) | Studio Klondike Australia |
 | Lessons with Chii-chan | older | $19.99 | 157 63% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $94,153) | Orcsoft |
 | Sex With Friends | $4.99 | 236 94% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,329) | B-Team | |
 | Puppet Team | $4.99 | 112 64% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,766) | Editmode | |
 | School Crisis | $6.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | Phumi Dev | |
 | Beguile | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | coeda | |
 | Girls Kitchen Dinner | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | HKGamesSTUDIOS | |
 | BL Werewolf:Doki-Doki Summer vacation | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | 物部モノ子, 星守れんげ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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