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Should I ship a Collectathon Board Game?
Collectathon + Board Game
Only 18 developers shipped a Collectathon Board Game 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, Supercar Collection Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 100% on the market, with 12 games announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 5% | $595k (exactly $595,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Board Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,660 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Supercar Collection Simulator 2025 · $595k 
Tokaido 2017 · $53k 
Table Battle Simulator 2026 · EA · $33k 
The Dope Game 2016 · $28k 
Faerie Solitaire Dire 2020 · EA · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Supercar Collection Simulator | $12.99 | 1,528 85% | 46k | $595k (exactly $595,462) | Kiki Games | |
| | Tokaido | older | $11.99 | 147 68% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | Funforge |
| | Table Battle Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $33k (exactly $33,124) | Kiki Games |
| | The Dope Game | older | $4.99 | 188 79% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | Tenth&Hess Games |
| | Faerie Solitaire Dire | · EA older | $19.99 | 41 68% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Subsoap |
 | Tetra Tactics | older | $14.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Jabari Alii, Adrian Marple, manadream |
 | Takoyaki Party Survival | older | $2.99 | 222 94% | 6.7k | $20k (exactly $19,913) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | Hamster on Rails | older | $14.99 | 44 95% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Virtual Arts Studio |
 | CandySweet | older | $19.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | Gamesforgames |
 | Anime Artist 2: Lovely Danya | older | $1.99 | 110 88% | 3.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,567) | Neoclassic Games |
 | Haulin' Oats | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Gramps Games | |
 | Animal Run Relay | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | youdoyou.motto | |
 | Number Stomper | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | James Castle | |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | 一橋動物記 | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | wataru | |
 | Nightmare Mines | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | DreamSmith | |
 | さんよん ～三女？四対！～ | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Pgames | |
 | CardFarm | · EA | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | axel_hollow |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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