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Should I ship a Collectathon Minigames game?
Collectathon + Minigames
Only 12 developers shipped a Collectathon Minigames 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, Sledding Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×3.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $540. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $9.7k (exactly $9,653) |
| Top 5% | $699k (exactly $698,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Minigames
- 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, Minigames
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 3,150 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Sledding Game 2026 · EA · $699k 
Coin Pusher Casino 2024 · $356k 
Creature Crafter 2022 · $179k 
Kukoro: Stream chat games 2024 · $137k 
Seclusa 2026 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sledding Game | · EA | $7.99 | 2,915 96% | 87k | $699k (exactly $698,726) | The Sledding Corporation |
| | Coin Pusher Casino | older | $12.50 | 950 84% | 29k | $356k (exactly $356,250) | TreeNutsGames |
| | Creature Crafter | older | $7.99 | 745 86% | 22k | $179k (exactly $178,576) | Daniel Lochner |
| | Kukoro: Stream chat games | older | $4.99 | 913 97% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,676) | HeyNau |
| | Seclusa | $12.99 | 148 97% | 4.4k | $58k (exactly $57,676) | Studio Niente | |
 | Leafing Home | $13.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $9.7k (exactly $9,653) | Hot Fingers Interactive | |
 | Boo Party | older | $6.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) | CosmiKankei |
 | Roxy Raccoon | older | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Sinomod Studios |
 | Labyrinthatory | older | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Unimposing Walrus |
 | Kioku: Last Summer | $14.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Lugn Games | |
 | GrowBud | $6.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Make Games Play | |
 | Just Find It 4 | $11.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Tiny Little Lion | |
 | Apanana | $3.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Martin Tranberg | |
 | Sheep Sweep | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | Teckel Adventure | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | SoulsQuest Games | |
 | Unstimulated Simulator | $0.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Shotsy Enterprise |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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