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Should I ship a Board Game Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Board Game
Only 16 developers shipped a Board Game Creature Collector 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, NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×204 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $27k (exactly $26,973) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $128,413) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Board Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Deckbuilding, Strategy, RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Cartoon, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,129 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + LootFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + SpaceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Evolution Board Game 2019 · $156k 
Oaken 2023 · $143k 
NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters 2024 · $128k 
Lucky Hunter 2024 · $74k 
Isle of Swaps 2024 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
| | Oaken | older | $19.99 | 239 79% | 7.2k | $143k (exactly $143,328) | Laki Studios |
| | NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters | $11.99 | 357 79% | 11k | $128k (exactly $128,413) | dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive | |
| | Lucky Hunter | $5.99 | 413 89% | 12k | $74k (exactly $74,216) | 159 Studio | |
| | Isle of Swaps | $14.99 | 129 90% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Fuzz Force | |
 | Chosen Garden | $9.99 | 90 93% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Winter Cabin Games | |
 | Magibrick | $7.99 | 77 72% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $18,457) | Fourth Front | |
 | Card Summoner | $14.99 | 32 50% | 960 | $14k (exactly $14,390) | Happenstance Games | |
 | Beasties - Monster Trainer Puzzle RPG | older | $8.99 | 45 46% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | rokaplay |
 | Little Inner Monsters - Card Game | older | $4.99 | 46 91% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Witchcrafter The TCG | $15.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | Spear Group Limited | |
 | Conjurers | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Carl Treadway | |
 | 森林王国的试炼 | $3.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | knuckle_horse | |
 | DraQu: Elemental Awakening | · EA | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | ALTF4 Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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