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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Auto Battler Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Auto Battler

Of 65 developers who shipped an Auto Battler 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.. 104 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×289 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 104 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 104 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + Auto Battler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 65
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $5.7k → $26k → $17k → $7.0k → $1.9k → $900 (still earning) → $1.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Auto Battler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 65
Bottom 30% $479 (exactly $479)
Median $1.9k (exactly $1,918)
Top 25% $11k (exactly $10,789)
Top 5% $181k (exactly $181,238)
Developers, 2 yr 65
Released games 120
Announced 104
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 70% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, 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
Auto Battler
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, Auto Battler; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, RPG, Roguelike
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 7,113 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $480, median $1.9k, 1 in 4 over $10k, 1 in 20 over $180k.

3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 104 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 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

Yaoling: Mythical Journey 2025 · $1.7M Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020 · $566k Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k Fish Game 2023 · $442k Tavern of Gods 2021 · $232k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Yaoling: Mythical Journey $19.99 2,854 90% 86k $1.7M (exactly $1,711,544) RAYKA STUDIO
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) older $4.99 3,780 89% 113k $566k (exactly $565,866) HideChara
Cat God Ranch older $9.99 1,831 92% 55k $549k (exactly $548,751) CrazyPotato Studio
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)
Tavern of Gods older $9.99 775 77% 23k $232k (exactly $232,268) Element Studio
Fantasy Idle Dungeon $9.99 736 70% 22k $221k (exactly $220,579) Leaves Games
Botworld Odyssey $25.00 279 76% 8.4k $209k (exactly $209,250) Featherweight Games
Desktop Raid $8.99 672 76% 20k $181k (exactly $181,238) Lee_Studio
Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers $9.99 543 65% 16k $163k (exactly $162,737) Dino Rocket
Batomon Showdown $14.99 327 87% 9.8k $147k (exactly $147,052) berrymint
Berserk B.I.T.S $6.99 667 81% 20k $140k (exactly $139,870) BerserkBoy Games
NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters $11.99 357 79% 11k $128k (exactly $128,413) dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive
Flowers and Deities $12.99 265 90% 8.0k $103k (exactly $103,270) Chill Winter Studio
Lucky Hunter $5.99 413 89% 12k $74k (exactly $74,216) 159 Studio

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