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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Shop Keeper?
Online Co-Op + Shop Keeper
Of 44 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Shop Keeper 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.. 96 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×11 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×1198 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 96 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,912) |
| Top 25% | $149k (exactly $149,276) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,794,753) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 96 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 455% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Shop Keeper
- 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, Shop Keeper; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Economy
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 20,280 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.8k. 4 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 96 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + JRPGPoor odds
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- + World War IIPoor odds
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Comparable games
Storage Hunter Simulator 2025 · $2.9M 
Grocery Store Simulator 2024 · $2.4M 
Roadside Research 2026 · EA · $1.8M 
Saleblazers 2023 · EA · $1.8M 
Bookshop Simulator 2026 · $718k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Storage Hunter Simulator | $24.99 | 3,866 78% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) | Raccoons Studio | |
| | Grocery Store Simulator | $14.99 | 5,337 90% | 160k | $2.4M (exactly $2,400,049) | EXPERIMENT ONE | |
| | Roadside Research | · EA | $14.99 | 3,991 85% | 120k | $1.8M (exactly $1,794,753) | Cybernetic Walrus |
| | Saleblazers | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,974 78% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,008) | AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE |
| | Bookshop Simulator | $15.99 | 1,496 92% | 45k | $718k (exactly $717,631) | Blep Games | |
 | Boba Cafe Simulator | $15.99 | 1,192 92% | 36k | $572k (exactly $571,802) | Caikemi | |
 | Better Mart Simulator | $14.99 | 1,238 89% | 37k | $557k (exactly $556,729) | Exanticx Studio | |
 | Fuel Harvest Together | $13.99 | 879 69% | 26k | $369k (exactly $368,916) | Say2Sun | |
 | The House Always Wins | $12.99 | 866 85% | 26k | $337k (exactly $337,480) | Toxic Studio | |
 | Tobacco Shop Simulator | $11.99 | 826 89% | 25k | $297k (exactly $297,112) | Business Tycoon | |
 | Anime Shop Simulator ✨ | $14.99 | 589 73% | 18k | $265k (exactly $264,873) | One More Time |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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