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Should I ship a Collectathon Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Collectathon
Of 24 developers who shipped a Collectathon Party-Based RPG 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.. 57 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.3k, ×10 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $5.3M, ×8472 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 57 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $45,420) |
| Top 5% | $5.3M (exactly $5,320,640) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG, Collectathon; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, JRPG, Open World
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Pixel Graphics, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 19,260 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
Digimon Story Time Stranger 2025 · $33M 
Cassette Beasts 2023 · $5.4M 
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land 2025 · $5.3M 
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince 2024 · $1.4M 
Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Digimon Story Time Stranger | $69.99 | 15,845 89% | 475k | $33M (exactly $33,269,746) | Media.Vision Inc. | |
| | Cassette Beasts | older | $19.99 | 8,976 94% | 269k | $5.4M (exactly $5,382,907) | Bytten Studio |
| | Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land | $69.99 | 2,534 64% | 76k | $5.3M (exactly $5,320,640) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince | older | $39.99 | 1,158 71% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,389,253) | Square Enix |
| | Siralim Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 2,145 92% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Crystal Project | older | $13.99 | 2,510 91% | 75k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,447) | Andrew Willman |
 | Siralim 3 | older | $14.99 | 881 94% | 26k | $396k (exactly $396,186) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Botworld Odyssey | $25.00 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $209k (exactly $209,250) | Featherweight Games | |
 | Full Mojo Rampage | older | $12.99 | 524 85% | 16k | $204k (exactly $204,203) | Over the Top Games |
 | Siralim 2 | older | $14.99 | 427 92% | 13k | $192k (exactly $192,022) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Tomomon | $14.99 | 126 70% | 3.8k | $57k (exactly $56,662) | ManicBuild Studio | |
 | Fantasy Online 2 | · EA | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | Pixel Games LLC |
 | Creature Keeper | $14.99 | 101 67% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $45,420) | Fervir Games | |
 | OUTCLAW | $24.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $33k (exactly $32,987) | Moss Monkey | |
 | Chronomon | · EA | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Stone Golem Studios |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | Pipkin | $10.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $11k (exactly $10,550) | Gregdude |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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