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Should I ship an Agriculture Creature Collector?
Agriculture + Creature Collector
Of 34 developers who shipped an Agriculture 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.. 55 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 $3.3k, ×5.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $870k, ×1389 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 55 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,881) |
| Top 5% | $872k (exactly $872,427) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 74 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 15% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Creature Collector; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Farming Sim, Sandbox
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,693 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + CatsFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + FishingPoor odds
Comparable games
Moonstone Island 2023 · $2.4M 
Paleo Pines 2023 · $1.9M 
Tiny Pasture 2025 · $1.3M 
Ooblets 2023 · $1.2M 
Re:Legend 2022 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
| | Paleo Pines | older | $29.99 | 2,099 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,888,470) | Italic Pig |
| | Tiny Pasture | $5.99 | 7,055 92% | 212k | $1.3M (exactly $1,267,784) | CaveLiquid | |
| | Ooblets | older | $29.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $1.2M (exactly $1,248,784) | Glumberland |
| | Re:Legend | older | $24.99 | 1,514 56% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,135,046) | Magnus Games Studio |
 | Rune Factory 3 Special | older | $39.99 | 734 94% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Horsey Game | $9.99 | 2,911 97% | 87k | $872k (exactly $872,427) | Captain Games | |
 | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
 | Halcyon Days at Taoyuan | $11.99 | 1,089 89% | 33k | $392k (exactly $391,713) | BotanX | |
 | Your Big, Cute Monster Farm | $7.99 | 1,097 78% | 33k | $263k (exactly $262,951) | KaiPlay Studio | |
 | Mamon King | $12.99 | 603 90% | 18k | $235k (exactly $234,989) | LiTMUS Co., Ltd. | |
 | Research Story | $14.99 | 309 94% | 9.3k | $139k (exactly $138,957) | Petal Cat Games | |
 | Mushroom Nook | $4.99 | 392 98% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,682) | HyperstasisGaming | |
 | Pawsome Resort | · EA | $11.99 | 147 83% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | Pixel Puffs |
 | Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets | · EA | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Akrew |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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