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Should I ship a Cat Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Cats
Only 16 developers shipped a Cat Auto Battler 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, Epic Auto Towers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is flat on the market; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $297 (exactly $297) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,072) |
| Top 5% | $345k (exactly $345,370) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Auto Battler
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,385 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k 
Epic Auto Towers 2024 · EA · $345k 
Batomon Showdown 2026 · $147k 
Kill A Million Rats 2025 · $21k 
Claws & Chaos 2024 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
| | Epic Auto Towers | · EA | $14.99 | 768 70% | 23k | $345k (exactly $345,370) | Aleksandr Golovkin |
| | Batomon Showdown | $14.99 | 327 87% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | berrymint | |
| | Kill A Million Rats | $10.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $21k (exactly $21,101) | Nerdook Productions | |
| | Claws & Chaos | $5.99 | 95 60% | 2.9k | $17k (exactly $17,072) | Parhelion Studio | |
 | King of Tokyo - Richard Garfield | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Breakfirst | |
 | Idle Kitty | $4.99 | 64 82% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | 狮子 | |
 | Spellcats: Auto Card Tactics | older | $9.99 | 28 57% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Nintai Studios |
 | Kibble Cats | $4.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | Vozmog | |
 | Catlike Magic | older | $4.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Blue9Fairy |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | Bobo in Hell | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Arcana Rebels | |
 | 料理乱斗 | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | NanZhai Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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