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Online Co-Op + Word Game
Only 17 developers shipped an Online Co-Op Word 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.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 14 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,609) |
| Top 5% | $342k (exactly $341,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 250% 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
- Word Game
- effort 1 / 10 · high · dictionary logic and simple UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Word Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.49 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Family Friendly, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.49 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,078 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Blood Typers 2025 · $342k 
Deviation Game 2025 · EA · $49k 
这是谐音梗 2026 · $41k 
Deduce Together 2024 · $39k 
おしゃべりキング！コミュ力診断ゲーム 2025 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
| | Deviation Game | · EA | $14.99 | 109 90% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Tomo Kihara, Playfool |
| | 这是谐音梗 | $2.40 | 567 94% | 17k | $41k (exactly $40,824) | Find the Lamp Games | |
| | Deduce Together | $5.99 | 217 68% | 6.5k | $39k (exactly $38,995) | PushForward | |
| | おしゃべりキング！コミュ力診断ゲーム | $8.99 | 69 97% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | Hyper Index, Inc. | |
 | Lateral Thinking Together | · EA | $5.99 | 85 43% | 2.6k | $15k (exactly $15,274) | PushForward |
 | Code Velocity | $2.99 | 99 100% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | STIM GAMES | |
 | Cave Guessers | older | $3.99 | 59 66% | 1.8k | $7.1k (exactly $7,062) | Acureus |
 | Drawy | older | $4.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | CAN TASPINAR |
 | Wordeous | older | $7.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Equitatus Studio, Junla Games |
 | Mole or Not | · EA | $2.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | EY GAMES |
 | Type Drivers | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Toonik Games | |
 | Zingers | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | devbribe |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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