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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Online Co-Op Score Attack game?

Online Co-Op + Score Attack

Of 67 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Score Attack 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.. 100 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 $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270. 100 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 60% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 60% on the market, 100 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Online Co-Op + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 67
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $120 → $15k → $2.6k → $5.4k → $4.3k → $2.7k → $299 (still earning) → $5.4k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Online Co-Op + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 67
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $1.0k (exactly $1,019)
Top 25% $15k (exactly $15,274)
Top 5% $881k (exactly $880,580)
Developers, 2 yr 67
Released games 149
Announced 100
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 down 60% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Online Co-Op, Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Action, Arcade
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 24,327 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $1.0k, 1 in 4 over $15k, 1 in 20 over $880k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 7 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 100 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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  5. + Point & ClickFair28 devs · median $1.7k · 34 announced
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All 211 pairs on the Online Co-Op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tetris® Effect: Connected older $39.99 8,429 94% 253k $10M (exactly $10,112,271) Monstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games
The Spell Brigade $12.99 14,731 80% 442k $5.7M (exactly $5,740,671) Bolt Blaster Games
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 $59.99 2,879 83% 86k $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) CyberConnect2
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics older $49.99 1,976 93% 59k $3.0M (exactly $2,963,407) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense older $14.99 2,848 90% 85k $1.3M (exactly $1,280,746) Element Studios
Temtem: Swarm $12.99 2,487 77% 75k $969k (exactly $969,184) Crema, GGTech Studios
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 $39.99 734 85% 22k $881k (exactly $880,580) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Hotshot Racing older $19.99 1,304 78% 39k $782k (exactly $782,009) Sumo Digital Ltd, Lucky Mountain Games
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense $19.99 706 85% 21k $423k (exactly $423,388) Element Studios
Sineus Arena Survivors $10.99 1,150 77% 35k $379k (exactly $379,155) Sineus Games
Torque Drift 2 · EA $19.99 376 62% 11k $225k (exactly $225,487) Grease Monkey Games
VMX · EA $14.99 229 89% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Break Free Interactive
Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery $4.99 605 95% 18k $91k (exactly $90,568) Th3GameStudio
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.