Games › Online Co-Op › Online Co-Op + Sniper
Should I ship an Online Co-Op Sniper game?
Online Co-Op + Sniper
Only 4 developers shipped an Online Co-Op Sniper game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: 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.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 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 $600 against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,498) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $2,023,987) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Sniper
- 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, Sniper
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 94,785 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Bullet HeavenStrong odds
- + 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
Sniper Elite 5 2022 · $37M 
Sniper Elite 3 2014 · $19M 
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 2017 · $9.1M 
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 2013 · $4.1M 
Tactical Assault VR 2023 · EA · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sniper Elite 5 | older | $49.99 | 24,818 83% | 745k | $37M (exactly $37,219,555) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite 3 | older | $29.99 | 21,407 82% | 642k | $19M (exactly $19,259,878) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 | older | $19.99 | 15,133 67% | 454k | $9.1M (exactly $9,075,260) | CI Games |
| | Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 | older | $9.99 | 13,694 75% | 411k | $4.1M (exactly $4,104,092) | City Interactive |
| | Tactical Assault VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,375 77% | 101k | $2.0M (exactly $2,023,987) | HammerFire Interactive |
 | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army | older | $14.99 | 3,557 88% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,583) | Rebellion |
 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior | older | $7.99 | 5,723 58% | 172k | $1.4M (exactly $1,371,803) | City Interactive |
 | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,020 84% | 91k | $1.4M (exactly $1,358,094) | · |
 | Sniper Elite | older | $7.99 | 3,579 76% | 107k | $858k (exactly $857,886) | Rebellion |
 | Crossfire: Sierra Squad | older | $29.99 | 479 73% | 14k | $431k (exactly $430,956) | Smilegate |
 | Beach Invasion 1915-Gallipoli | $7.99 | 73 71% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | AIx2 Games | |
 | Tribots | · EA | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | HEXRAY |
 | Battle Ground Battle Royale | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BeadleGames |
 | Survivors 27 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio 27 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.