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Should I ship a Dinosaur Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Dinosaurs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dinosaur Collectathon 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, Paleo Dive, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,790) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Collectathon
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 102 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fossil Corner 2021 · $99k 
Tropicalia: a Brazilian Game 2023 · $27k 
Paleo Dive 2026 · $20k 
Cats and Seek: Dino Park 2024 · $13k 
Aery - Dreamscape 2022 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fossil Corner | older | $9.99 | 330 98% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $98,901) | Brady Soglin |
| | Tropicalia: a Brazilian Game | older | $14.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Paulo Henrique Franqueira |
| | Paleo Dive | $19.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Astra Render | |
| | Cats and Seek: Dino Park | older | $1.99 | 226 99% | 6.8k | $13k (exactly $13,492) | Noobzilla |
| | Aery - Dreamscape | older | $9.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Tribu | older | $9.99 | 21 66% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Iron Lizard Games |
 | There's No Dinosaurs | older | $3.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Error 300 |
 | Jurassic Fantasy | older | $4.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | LGV |
 | Morels: Out of this World | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Abrams Studios LLC | |
 | There's No Easter Eggs | older | $3.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) | Error 300 |
 | ErMa (Early Mammal) | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | AlmyriganHero | |
 | Reptilarium | $7.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | PiqFocus Interactive | |
 | Dinosaurium | $7.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | PiqFocus Interactive | |
 | Pocket Dinos | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Diesel Laws |
 | Roxy Raccoon 3: Troubles in Time | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Sinomod Studios | |
 | DREAM WAVE'84 | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | John Pfeifer | |
 | Anzu | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Was Running Studio | |
 | Dino Quest | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | TPG Tecnologia |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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