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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Turn-Based Tactics?
Online Co-Op + Turn-Based Tactics
Of 64 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 140 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 140 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 65% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) |
| Top 5% | $410k (exactly $410,086) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 64 |
| Released games | 188 |
| Announced | 140 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 85% 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 Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Turn-Based Tactics; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Co-op, RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 3 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 $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 4,199 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 140 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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