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Should I ship a Music Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Music
Only 15 developers shipped a Music 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, Mr. Sleepy Man, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×6.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $380k, ×803 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,634) |
| Top 5% | $381k (exactly $381,409) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 100% 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
- Music
- 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
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 1,011 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Soundfall 2022 · $896k 
Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S 2022 · $452k 
Mr. Sleepy Man 2026 · $381k 
Trombone Champ: Unflattened 2024 · $53k 
Look Mum No Computer 2025 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Soundfall | older | $29.99 | 996 73% | 30k | $896k (exactly $896,101) | Drastic Games |
| | Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S | older | $13.99 | 1,078 93% | 32k | $452k (exactly $452,437) | Crypton Future Media |
| | Mr. Sleepy Man | $19.99 | 636 98% | 19k | $381k (exactly $381,409) | Devin Santi | |
| | Trombone Champ: Unflattened | $19.99 | 88 97% | 2.6k | $53k (exactly $52,774) | Flat2VR Studios, Holy Wow Studios LLC | |
| | Look Mum No Computer | $14.99 | 60 98% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | The Bitfather | |
 | Baby Shark™: Sing & Swim Party | older | $39.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $19k (exactly $19,195) | Recotechnology S.L. |
 | Lofi aquarium | $5.99 | 87 77% | 2.6k | $16k (exactly $15,634) | LitheGame | |
 | The Merry Fairy | $9.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Pronoia AB | |
 | Aesthetic Melody | older | $2.99 | 64 93% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | Adam DeLease |
 | Mound of Music | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Elif Games | |
 | Little Ghosties | · EA | $3.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | Acrylic Pixel Games |
 | Chowdown Kitty | $2.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) | Lunar Peace | |
 | DREAM WAVE'84 | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | John Pfeifer | |
 | Spooky Monkey | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Xander Clinthorne |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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