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Should I ship a Collectathon Grid-Based Movement game?
Collectathon + Grid-Based Movement
Only 17 developers shipped a Collectathon Grid-Based Movement 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, Gold and Graves, 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 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 17 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,346) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 down 25% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Grid-Based Movement; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Logic, Puzzle, Creature Collector
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 454 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MythologyFair
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Comparable games
LABYRINTH OF TOUHOU - GENSOKYO AND THE HEAVEN-PIERCING TREE 2021 · $327k 
The Sealed Ampoule 2021 · $34k 
Gold and Graves 2025 · $32k 
Mewseum: Masterpieces 2025 · $28k 
Chronomon 2025 · EA · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LABYRINTH OF TOUHOU - GENSOKYO AND THE HEAVEN-PIERCING TREE | older | $29.99 | 363 89% | 11k | $327k (exactly $326,591) | Nise-Eikoku Studio, CUBETYPE |
| | The Sealed Ampoule | older | $19.99 | 56 80% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | CAVYHOUSE |
| | Gold and Graves | $5.99 | 180 86% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | Yoon | |
| | Mewseum: Masterpieces | $6.99 | 133 98% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,890) | Climbing Goat Games | |
| | Chronomon | · EA | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Stone Golem Studios |
 | Tetra Tactics | older | $14.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Jabari Alii, Adrian Marple, manadream |
 | Hero's Spirit | older | $5.99 | 62 90% | 1.9k | $11k (exactly $11,141) | mod.kitchen |
 | Square Logic | older | $2.99 | 82 97% | 2.5k | $7.4k (exactly $7,355) | Climbing Goat Games |
 | Farmcoz | older | $1.99 | 76 73% | 2.3k | $4.5k (exactly $4,537) | Wigtor |
 | Unforgettable Voyage | older | $4.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | CheddaNinja Games |
 | Mewseum: Film Festival | $6.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Climbing Goat Games | |
 | One more gem | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Cosmin Munteanu | |
 | Tile Tales: Pirate | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | NineZyme OÜ | |
 | Hopping Out | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | KamilFirma | |
 | Number Stomper | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | James Castle | |
 | Grid Warriors: Battles | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Junjo | |
 | The Portsmoor Abysm | $8.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Renons Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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