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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Turn-Based Combat game?
Online Co-Op + Turn-Based Combat
Of 32 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Turn-Based Combat 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.. 108 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $410k, ×274 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 108 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $23,384) |
| Top 5% | $410k (exactly $410,086) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 113 |
| Announced | 108 |
| 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 75% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, 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
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Turn-Based Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 2,362 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 6 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 108 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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