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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Dark Fantasy
Of 45 developers who shipped a Dark-Fantasy Collectathon game 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.. 68 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is flat on the market; 68 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) |
| Top 5% | $56k (exactly $56,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 105 |
| Announced | 68 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 210% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.66 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Stylized, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.66 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 3,183 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 68 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CapitalismStrong odds
- + Turn-BasedFair
- + EconomyFair
- + ManagementFair
- + CrimeFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SokobanFair
- + MythologyFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Combat RacingFair
Comparable games
DevilConnection 2025 · $975k 
Disneyland Adventures 2018 · $398k 
9th Dawn Remake 2024 · $247k 
[DE:]Fanastasis 2024 · $106k 
ENCHAIN 2026 · EA · $56k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DevilConnection | $16.66 | 1,951 98% | 59k | $975k (exactly $975,110) | ChaoGames | |
| | Disneyland Adventures | older | $19.99 | 664 91% | 20k | $398k (exactly $398,201) | Frontier Developments, Asobo Studio |
| | 9th Dawn Remake | $15.99 | 514 86% | 15k | $247k (exactly $246,566) | Valorware | |
| | [DE:]Fanastasis | older | $19.99 | 177 96% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Mosamosa |
| | ENCHAIN | · EA | $19.99 | 94 96% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | mattlawrdev |
 | Cursed Crew | · EA older | $20.00 | 70 80% | 2.1k | $42k (exactly $42,000) | Cracklewock Games |
 | Dark Succubus | $6.99 | 171 77% | 5.1k | $36k (exactly $35,859) | ZC Game | |
 | The Sealed Ampoule | older | $19.99 | 56 80% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | CAVYHOUSE |
 | Minsgon Simulator | $9.99 | 112 78% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,566) | Vokcen | |
 | Lunar Axe | older | $7.99 | 136 88% | 4.1k | $33k (exactly $32,599) | Ops Game Studio |
 | Gold and Graves | $5.99 | 180 86% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | Yoon | |
 | Deadhaus Sonata | · EA | $19.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Apocalypse Studios |
 | Sliding Hero | $14.99 | 42 88% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Silent Chicken | |
 | The Little Tomb: The Maholova Club and the Search for a Dead Body | $11.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $18,345) | CAVYHOUSE | |
 | Reap and Sow | $12.99 | 30 80% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | MrFishess, Jd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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