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Should I ship a Medieval Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Medieval
Of 50 developers who shipped a Medieval Collectathon game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 76 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $33k, ×70 the market median. Revenue is up 190% on the market; 76 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $33,099) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 50 |
| Released games | 130 |
| Announced | 76 |
| 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 up 190% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Medieval
- 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Idler, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,528 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. Nearly all of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 76 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
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
Travellers Rest 2020 · EA · $8.9M 
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince 2024 · $1.4M 
Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M 
Siralim 3 2018 · $396k 
9th Dawn III 2020 · $240k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Travellers Rest | · EA older | $17.99 | 16,538 87% | 496k | $8.9M (exactly $8,925,559) | Isolated Games |
| | DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince | older | $39.99 | 1,158 71% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,389,253) | Square Enix |
| | Siralim Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 2,145 92% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) | Thylacine Studios |
| | Siralim 3 | older | $14.99 | 881 94% | 26k | $396k (exactly $396,186) | Thylacine Studios |
| | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | Siralim 2 | older | $14.99 | 427 92% | 13k | $192k (exactly $192,022) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Agrivore: Incremental Farming | $6.99 | 494 70% | 15k | $104k (exactly $103,592) | verty | |
 | Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom | older | $19.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $97k (exactly $96,552) | Rideon,Inc. |
 | Old Coin Pusher Friends 2 | older | $3.99 | 426 90% | 13k | $51k (exactly $50,992) | STP WORKS |
 | Monk Took Book | $8.99 | 123 98% | 3.7k | $33k (exactly $33,173) | SquarePlay Games | |
 | The Dream Globe | $2.99 | 369 94% | 11k | $33k (exactly $33,099) | Roaming of Little Hammer | |
 | Gold and Graves | $5.99 | 180 86% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | Yoon | |
 | RoGlass | $9.99 | 88 98% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | James Castle | |
 | Glimvale : My Mini Overworld | $5.99 | 100 92% | 3.0k | $18k (exactly $17,970) | Milkshake Games | |
 | Smith & Dungeon: Crafting the Legendary Weapons | $12.99 | 39 41% | 1.2k | $15k (exactly $15,198) | Zoo Corporation | |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | AFKandia - Epoch of Idle | $5.99 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | Yang++ Game Studio | |
 | Heat 'n Hit: The Blacksmith Simulator | · EA | $10.99 | 22 45% | 660 | $7.3k (exactly $7,253) | Barkino |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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