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Should I ship a Gothic Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Gothic
Only 13 developers shipped a Gothic 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, IGNOBLE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,249) |
| Top 5% | $69k (exactly $69,411) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 235% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Gothic
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 445 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 18 games are announced against 10 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
IGNOBLE 2026 · $69k 
RoGlass 2024 · $26k 
Teabat! 2022 · $7.7k 
CASTILLO: The Nine Circles 2023 · $6.6k 
CASTILLO: Shattered Mirrors 2022 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IGNOBLE | $6.99 | 331 82% | 9.9k | $69k (exactly $69,411) | Retromagine | |
| | RoGlass | $9.99 | 88 98% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | James Castle | |
| | Teabat! | older | $7.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Phantasma Digital |
| | CASTILLO: The Nine Circles | older | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Jackson Clayton |
| | CASTILLO: Shattered Mirrors | older | $9.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Jackson Clayton |
 | Vyanka's Memories | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | O Rei Luiz | |
 | Rica Mode♡ | $24.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $2.2k (exactly $2,249) | CyberStep, Inc. | |
 | DEVIL DEVOUR ALIVE DX | older | $1.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | VIRTUA WORLDS, LLC |
 | Inkubus Sukkubus - She of a Thousand Names | older | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Tony McKormack |
 | Lost Princess: Winterland | older | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Tero Lunkka, Mixtor |
 | The Dream Collector | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Crump | |
 | Worm in horror place | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | DIG Games | |
 | Pour Boy and the Nitro Necromancer | · EA | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Pour Boy Coffee |
 | Monster Hookups | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | W Allured | |
 | Maze of the Lich | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Untamed Progress | |
 | Lawnmower Game Horrorland | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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