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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Typing game?
Online Co-Op + Typing
Only 16 developers shipped an Online Co-Op Typing game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Blood Typers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.0k, ×3.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 12 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $29,970) |
| Top 5% | $342k (exactly $341,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Character Customization, Co-op, Desktop Companion
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.49 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Atmospheric, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.49 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,559 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + City BuilderPoor odds
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Comparable games
Blood Typers 2025 · $342k 
Tap Tap Loot 2026 · $171k 
NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws 2025 · $69k 
The You Quiz 2025 · $30k 
French Crime Detective Game 2021 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
| | Tap Tap Loot | $6.99 | 815 76% | 24k | $171k (exactly $170,906) | Turtle Knight Games | |
| | NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws | $5.99 | 385 97% | 12k | $69k (exactly $69,184) | Lynkpin Game | |
| | The You Quiz | $9.99 | 100 93% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Hazard Wizard | |
| | French Crime Detective Game | older | $19.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $24k (exactly $23,988) | Rakame 7 |
 | Liar Game | $2.99 | 109 82% | 3.3k | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) | Kark Project | |
 | Code Velocity | $2.99 | 99 100% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | STIM GAMES | |
 | Tales of Terror | $4.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $7.2k (exactly $7,186) | BearfoxBear | |
 | Nekotype Keyboard Cat Simulator | $3.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | G-GAME | |
 | Hidden Words | older | $4.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Alcedo Games |
 | oiia | $1.49 | 31 87% | 930 | $1.4k (exactly $1,386) | Meme Game Factory | |
 | My Little Someone | $1.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Some Person Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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