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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Level Editor Collectathon game?

Level Editor + Collectathon

Only 15 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, Rocket Boots Mania, 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 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.4k, ×5.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is flat on the market; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.3 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 17 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Level Editor + Collectathon
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.2k → $1.3k → $10k → $3.4k → $3.9k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Collectathon: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $3.4k (exactly $3,358)
Top 25% $10k (exactly $10,195)
Top 5% $103k (exactly $102,981)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 43
Announced 17
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 flat on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Level Editor
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Collectathon
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Level Editor, Collectathon
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 920 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $3.4k, 1 in 4 over $10k, 1 in 20 over $100k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Multiple EndingsFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  3. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  4. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  5. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  6. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  7. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  8. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  9. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  10. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  11. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced
  12. + Open WorldPoor odds28 devs · median $18k · 59 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Hidden Through Time 2020 · $673k Rocket Boots Mania 2025 · $103k Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary 2022 · $100k Valkyrie Saga 2026 · $69k Little Corners 2025 · $63k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Hidden Through Time older $7.99 2,807 93% 84k $673k (exactly $672,838) Rogueside
Rocket Boots Mania $14.99 229 99% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Luma Play
Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary older $19.99 167 89% 5.0k $100k (exactly $100,150) Toxic Games
Valkyrie Saga $7.99 288 92% 8.6k $69k (exactly $69,034) Public Void
Little Corners $6.99 300 92% 9.0k $63k (exactly $62,910) Meteor Pixel
ENTROPOLY older $9.99 188 94% 5.6k $56k (exactly $56,344) Wills Blackett
Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Steam older $9.99 81 98% 2.4k $24k (exactly $24,276) Hamumu Games, Inc.
Alchemic Cutie older $19.99 29 51% 870 $17k (exactly $17,391) Vakio, Viridian Software
Starlair $19.99 17 58% 510 $10k (exactly $10,195) Shooty Bazooky
Storm of Jigsaw Puzzles 拼图风暴 older $9.99 20 75% 600 $6.0k (exactly $5,994) AppleCoffee
Mound of Music $9.99 19 78% 570 $5.7k (exactly $5,694) Elif Games
Turquoise $6.20 22 95% 660 $4.1k (exactly $4,092) Low Flame Studio
Ourlands $4.99 26 92% 780 $3.9k (exactly $3,892) GrahamOfLegend
One more gem $15.99 7 100% 210 $3.4k (exactly $3,358) Cosmin Munteanu
GMH - Good Morning Human ! $9.99 4 100% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) W-9000 Studio
Home Together: Fantasy Builder · EA $4.99 8 87% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Lowkey Gamedev

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.