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Should I ship a Collectathon Mining game?
Collectathon + Mining
Of 63 developers who shipped a Collectathon Mining 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.. 53 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 53 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,136) |
| Top 5% | $133k (exactly $133,160) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 104 |
| Announced | 53 |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 105% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Mining
- 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, Mining; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Exploration, Resource Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Colorful, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 22,185 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, 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
Keep on Mining! 2025 · $1.2M 
Digseum 2024 · $721k 
Astronomics 2025 · EA · $423k 
Keep on Mining! - Worlds 2026 · $398k 
Galactic Mining Corp 2021 · $338k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Keep on Mining! | $4.99 | 8,300 93% | 249k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,510) | EagleEye Games | |
| | Digseum | $2.99 | 8,033 97% | 241k | $721k (exactly $720,560) | Rat Monthly | |
| | Astronomics | · EA | $19.99 | 706 89% | 21k | $423k (exactly $423,388) | Numizmatic |
| | Keep on Mining! - Worlds | $6.99 | 1,899 80% | 57k | $398k (exactly $398,220) | EagleEye Games | |
| | Galactic Mining Corp | older | $12.99 | 868 84% | 26k | $338k (exactly $338,260) | Windybeard |
 | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | BORE BLASTERS | older | $9.99 | 709 80% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,487) | 8BitSkull |
 | Diggin | $6.99 | 635 80% | 19k | $133k (exactly $133,160) | Longshot Studio | |
 | Dig Island | · EA | $14.99 | 282 86% | 8.5k | $127k (exactly $126,815) | FiftyEight Studios |
 | Super Mining Mechs | $4.99 | 841 86% | 25k | $126k (exactly $125,898) | Delayed Victory | |
 | Seeds of Calamity | $14.99 | 271 78% | 8.1k | $122k (exactly $121,869) | Laborious Lark Studios | |
 | Digger: Galactic Treasures | $4.99 | 711 87% | 21k | $106k (exactly $106,437) | RainStyle games | |
 | Smash Hit Museum | $6.99 | 507 85% | 15k | $106k (exactly $106,318) | InIt Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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