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Should I ship a Card Game Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Card Game
Of 57 developers who shipped a Card Game 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.. 102 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×393 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 102 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,390) |
| Top 5% | $247k (exactly $246,566) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 123 |
| Announced | 102 |
| 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 50% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Card Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Deckbuilding, Strategy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 11,831 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 102 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 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
Tiny Pasture 2025 · $1.3M 
Decktamer 2025 · $992k 
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k 
Super Bullet Break 2022 · $260k 
9th Dawn Remake 2024 · $247k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tiny Pasture | $5.99 | 7,055 92% | 212k | $1.3M (exactly $1,267,784) | CaveLiquid | |
| | Decktamer | $15.99 | 2,069 86% | 62k | $992k (exactly $992,499) | Horizon Edge | |
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
| | Super Bullet Break | older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | BeXide Inc. |
| | 9th Dawn Remake | $15.99 | 514 86% | 15k | $247k (exactly $246,566) | Valorware | |
 | Mamon King | $12.99 | 603 90% | 18k | $235k (exactly $234,989) | LiTMUS Co., Ltd. | |
 | Tavern of Gods | older | $9.99 | 775 77% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Element Studio |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
 | Stackmon | $13.99 | 364 75% | 11k | $153k (exactly $152,771) | Riftpoint Entertainment | |
 | Anode Heart: Layer Null | $15.99 | 227 91% | 6.8k | $109k (exactly $108,892) | Stove Powered Games | |
 | Dragon Eclipse | $12.99 | 204 60% | 6.1k | $79k (exactly $79,499) | Fardust | |
 | Montabi | $19.99 | 123 95% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Mankibo | |
 | Isle of Swaps | $14.99 | 129 90% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Fuzz Force |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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