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Should I ship a Ninja Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Ninja
Only 7 developers shipped a Ninja 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, 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes-, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $920 against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $921 (exactly $921) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Ninja
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 4,134 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Samurai Bringer 2022 · $303k 
Ninja Stealth 2016 · $137k 
Ninja Stealth 2 2017 · $100k 
Ninja Stealth 3 2017 · $82k 
Zool Redimensioned 2021 · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Samurai Bringer | older | $9.99 | 1,012 87% | 30k | $303k (exactly $303,296) | ALPHAWING Inc. |
| | Ninja Stealth | older | $4.99 | 912 76% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,526) | SC Jogos |
| | Ninja Stealth 2 | older | $4.99 | 667 70% | 20k | $100k (exactly $99,850) | SC Jogos |
| | Ninja Stealth 3 | older | $4.99 | 545 81% | 16k | $82k (exactly $81,586) | SC Jogos |
| | Zool Redimensioned | older | $9.99 | 173 95% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | Sumo Digital Academy |
 | Old Coin Pusher Friends | older | $3.99 | 351 89% | 11k | $42k (exactly $42,015) | STP WORKS |
 | Old Coin Pusher Friends 3 | older | $3.99 | 212 91% | 6.4k | $25k (exactly $25,376) | STP WORKS |
 | Ninja Stealth 4 | older | $4.99 | 141 76% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $21,108) | SC Jogos |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | Ninja Stealth 5 | older | $4.99 | 74 78% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $11,078) | SC Jogos |
 | Ghost Infinite Labyrinth | $7.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | riinwin | |
 | NatsumeRyoran - Romance of Hi-Spec Yoko - | $24.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | CyberStep, Inc. | |
 | 100 Find Kitties: Ninja | $0.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Sons of Welder, fm simple games studio | |
 | Super Silent Sensei | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Elmeryn Studios | |
 | Stabby Redux | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Soaring Roc Studio |
 | 忍者刺杀行动 | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 一半世界 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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