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Should I ship a Collectathon 2D Platformer?
Collectathon + 2D Platformer
Of 152 developers who shipped a Collectathon 2D Platformer 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.. 159 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×410 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 159 games are announced against 74 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,046) |
| Top 5% | $195k (exactly $194,902) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 152 |
| Released games | 399 |
| Announced | 159 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 20% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 20,585 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 95 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 159 games are announced against 74 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MythologyFair
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Comparable games
Webbed 2021 · $4.1M 
Shelldiver 2025 · $2.5M 
Promenade 2024 · $504k 
Luna's Fishing Garden 2021 · $405k 
Succubus Successor: Delilah's Juicy Journey 2026 · $397k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Webbed | older | $9.99 | 13,820 97% | 415k | $4.1M (exactly $4,141,854) | Sbug Games |
| | Shelldiver | $4.99 | 16,806 98% | 504k | $2.5M (exactly $2,515,858) | Gagonfe | |
| | Promenade | older | $19.99 | 841 94% | 25k | $504k (exactly $504,348) | Holy Cap |
| | Luna's Fishing Garden | older | $7.99 | 1,689 93% | 51k | $405k (exactly $404,853) | Coldwild Games, illufinch |
| | Succubus Successor: Delilah's Juicy Journey | $14.99 | 883 90% | 26k | $397k (exactly $397,085) | Ramen Cat Studio, 樹画祭 | |
 | GEX Trilogy | $29.99 | 332 71% | 10k | $299k (exactly $298,700) | Limited Run Games, Crystal Dynamics | |
 | Windswept | $19.99 | 470 92% | 14k | $282k (exactly $281,859) | WeatherFell | |
 | RUBATO | $19.99 | 441 97% | 13k | $264k (exactly $264,468) | dconn | |
 | Sea Fantasy | $14.99 | 585 86% | 18k | $263k (exactly $263,074) | METASLA | |
 | Oozi: Earth Adventure | older | $9.99 | 809 88% | 24k | $242k (exactly $242,457) | Awesome Games Studio |
 | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
 | Symphonia | $19.99 | 325 88% | 9.8k | $195k (exactly $194,902) | Sunny Peak | |
 | ROLLING STAR | $11.99 | 216 96% | 6.5k | $78k (exactly $77,695) | NUL2 STUDIO | |
 | Decline's Drops | $14.99 | 170 96% | 5.1k | $76k (exactly $76,449) | Le Moulin aux Bulles |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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