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Should I ship a Collectathon Gambling game?
Collectathon + Gambling
Only 16 developers shipped a Collectathon Gambling 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, Click the Button, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.2k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $460k, ×970 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,136) |
| Top 5% | $461k (exactly $460,725) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 33%, 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
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Gambling; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Idler
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,987 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, 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
Click the Button 2026 · $461k 
硬币与仙人掌 (Coins & Wishpalm) 2025 · $144k 
Scratchers 2025 · $52k 
Sunshine Shuffle 2023 · $47k 
I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling 2017 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Click the Button | $3.99 | 3,849 93% | 115k | $461k (exactly $460,725) | LoopCap | |
| | 硬币与仙人掌 (Coins & Wishpalm) | $13.99 | 343 77% | 10k | $144k (exactly $143,957) | Moshow Games | |
| | Scratchers | $2.99 | 575 57% | 17k | $52k (exactly $51,578) | muffler | |
| | Sunshine Shuffle | older | $9.99 | 156 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $46,753) | Strange Scaffold |
| | I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling | older | $0.99 | 1,542 91% | 46k | $46k (exactly $45,797) | Mutant Entertainment Studios |
 | DOLLMAKER | $8.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | STH | |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 | |
 | Ore & Odds | $5.99 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Funflower Studio | |
 | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
 | Funfair Billionaire | $5.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | Yunogames | |
 | The Ultimate Collector | · EA | $8.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | StariStudios |
 | Pocket Dinos | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Diesel Laws |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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