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Should I ship a Demon Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Demons
Of 30 developers who shipped a Demon 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.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 19 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $346,027) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 up 50% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.66 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, 1990's
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.66 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,667 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + EconomyFair
- + ManagementFair
- + CrimeFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SokobanFair
- + MythologyFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Combat RacingFair
Comparable games
DevilConnection 2025 · $975k 
Hell Pie 2022 · $837k 
Demon Turf: Queens Edition 2021 · $519k 
Eternity Egg 2025 · EA · $346k 
Paranormal Cleanup 2025 · $288k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DevilConnection | $16.66 | 1,951 98% | 59k | $975k (exactly $975,110) | ChaoGames | |
| | Hell Pie | older | $24.99 | 1,116 91% | 33k | $837k (exactly $836,665) | Sluggerfly |
| | Demon Turf: Queens Edition | older | $29.99 | 577 84% | 17k | $519k (exactly $519,127) | Fabraz |
| | Eternity Egg | · EA | $19.99 | 577 82% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | USERLANDS |
| | Paranormal Cleanup | $9.99 | 961 88% | 29k | $288k (exactly $288,012) | Manic Mice | |
 | [DE:]Fanastasis | older | $19.99 | 177 96% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Mosamosa |
 | Lost Alone Ultimate | older | $14.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $41k (exactly $41,372) | Daniele Doesn't Matter |
 | Demon Turf: Neon Splash | older | $4.99 | 177 96% | 5.3k | $26k (exactly $26,497) | Fabraz |
 | Yogurt Commercial 3 | older | $9.99 | 62 98% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Epic Banana Games LLC |
 | Smith & Dungeon: Crafting the Legendary Weapons | $12.99 | 39 41% | 1.2k | $15k (exactly $15,198) | Zoo Corporation | |
 | Reap and Sow | $12.99 | 30 80% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | MrFishess, Jd | |
 | DON'T LOOK AT GRANDMA | $4.99 | 64 93% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Danger Sauce LLC | |
 | Overlord’s Harvest | $4.99 | 16 25% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | ISSA Game | |
 | Assassin of Monsters | $3.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Saylor games | |
 | Slimelon | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | LeSaucier | |
 | NatsumeRyoran - Romance of Hi-Spec Yoko - | $24.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | CyberStep, Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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