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Should I ship a Collectathon Mystery Dungeon?
Collectathon + Mystery Dungeon
Only 13 developers shipped a Collectathon Mystery Dungeon 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, Elin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $5.0M (exactly $5,041,078) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Mystery Dungeon
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 9,386 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Elin 2024 · EA · $5.0M 
Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle 2026 · $541k 
Full Mojo Rampage 2014 · $204k 
ScrewUp 2021 · $78k 
The Sealed Ampoule 2021 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Elin | · EA | $19.99 | 8,406 93% | 252k | $5.0M (exactly $5,041,078) | Lafrontier |
| | Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle | $18.99 | 950 71% | 29k | $541k (exactly $541,215) | KTMG LLC. | |
| | Full Mojo Rampage | older | $12.99 | 524 85% | 16k | $204k (exactly $204,203) | Over the Top Games |
| | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
| | The Sealed Ampoule | older | $19.99 | 56 80% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | CAVYHOUSE |
 | Dreamstones | older | $11.99 | 45 91% | 1.4k | $16k (exactly $16,186) | Windybeard |
 | Labyrinth of the Witch | older | $14.99 | 25 60% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | ORANGE CUBE, INC. |
 | Adventure Rush | older | $9.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | MrBoscheinen |
 | Alt254 | older | $6.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | Rename Studio |
 | Third Wild | older | $5.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | landing man studio |
 | Seeker Quest: The Creature Collector | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Jestercraft | |
 | Launch And Loot | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Lua Ludica | |
 | Mini Merchant | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Astrarium Games Ltd. | |
 | Typomon Hunter | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Esoteric Games | |
 | Ella's Nightmare | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GamemancerStudios, Giovanni R. Saloun | |
 | Battlers Of Ekrasys | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Itchys | |
 | Entities | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Danilo Willian | |
 | Sports Girl: Village | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 2024-NGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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