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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 2D Platformer Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + 2D Platformer

Of 32 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Creature Collector 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.. 42 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×180 the market median. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 42 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 180% on the market, 42 announced, ×2.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + 2D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 32
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.0k → $838 → $809 → $505 → $299 → $719 → $6.9k (still earning) → $419 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + 2D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 32
Bottom 30% $239 (exactly $239)
Median $538 (exactly $538)
Top 25% $2.4k (exactly $2,399)
Top 5% $113k (exactly $113,159)
Developers, 2 yr 32
Released games 79
Announced 42
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 up 180% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Creature Collector
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
2D Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Creature Collector, 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Platformer
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,403 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $240, median $540, 1 in 4 over $2.3k, 1 in 20 over $110k.

3 in 10 developers made under $240. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Perma DeathFair30 devs · median $5.3k · 33 announced
  2. + Bullet HellFair24 devs · median $3.4k · 33 announced
  3. + CapitalismFair38 devs · median $3.2k · 38 announced
  4. + LootFair51 devs · median $2.9k · 67 announced
  5. + IdlerFair248 devs · median $2.1k · 260 announced
  6. + IncrementalFair177 devs · median $1.9k · 191 announced
  7. + Action RoguelikeFair39 devs · median $1.8k · 54 announced
  8. + SpaceFair30 devs · median $1.5k · 39 announced
  9. + ZombiesFair14 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair73 devs · median $629 · 85 announced
  11. + Co-opPoor odds31 devs · median $28k · 82 announced
  12. + Dating SimPoor odds14 devs · median $23k · 43 announced

All 133 pairs on the Creature Collector page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dinotica 2026 · $403k EMUUROM 2026 · $113k Duck Life 4 2020 · $39k Spirit Mancer 2024 · $31k World for Two 2021 · $24k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dinotica $17.99 746 86% 22k $403k (exactly $402,616) XA Studio
EMUUROM $12.49 302 90% 9.1k $113k (exactly $113,159) borbware
Duck Life 4 older $4.99 261 86% 7.8k $39k (exactly $39,072) Wix Games
Spirit Mancer $19.99 51 72% 1.5k $31k (exactly $30,585) Sunny Syrup Studio
World for Two older $13.99 58 77% 1.7k $24k (exactly $24,343) Seventh rank
Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt $3.99 185 100% 5.6k $22k (exactly $22,144) BIG EYES TATA
CODE: PANDORA older $8.99 58 68% 1.7k $16k (exactly $15,643) Towndarktales
Fire Hero - Pixel Rescue $9.99 37 97% 1.1k $11k (exactly $11,089) Ravenlore Studio
Tame Me Hard! $10.99 28 57% 840 $9.2k (exactly $9,232) IniBugyo
Worker Riot older $24.99 11 81% 330 $8.2k (exactly $8,247) Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Remagotchi $6.99 33 93% 990 $6.9k (exactly $6,920) Ewerton José Wantroba
Reknum Fantasy of Dreams $19.99 4 50% 120 $2.4k (exactly $2,399) NAPE GAMES
Herba Project : Desktop Lab $3.99 11 45% 330 $1.3k (exactly $1,317) IndieCain
Floating Isle Days $6.99 6 50% 180 $1.3k (exactly $1,258) LiZi

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.