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Should I ship a Collectathon Party Game?
Collectathon + Party Game
Of 24 developers who shipped a Collectathon Party 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.. 43 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 43 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $39,916) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 43 |
| 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 565% on the market, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Party Game
- 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, Party Game; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 587 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Kukoro: Stream chat games 2024 · $137k 
Baking Bad 2026 · EA · $41k 
Jumping Jazz Cats 2025 · $40k 
Tidy Up Together 2026 · $40k 
Hodgepodge Hunch 2023 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kukoro: Stream chat games | older | $4.99 | 913 97% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,676) | HeyNau |
| | Baking Bad | · EA | $10.99 | 123 32% | 3.7k | $41k (exactly $40,553) | FunkyArmor |
| | Jumping Jazz Cats | $8.99 | 148 74% | 4.4k | $40k (exactly $39,916) | Le Catnip Collective | |
| | Tidy Up Together | $5.99 | 221 80% | 6.6k | $40k (exactly $39,714) | Malum Games | |
| | Hodgepodge Hunch | older | $4.99 | 140 93% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,958) | uracon |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | YGGDRA: SURVIVOR | $4.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | BD | |
 | Running Fable | older | $7.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Seashell Studio |
 | Shores of Plunder | · EA older | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Snowchimp Interactive |
 | Flip or Fade: The Bottle Flip | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | Unagi Tech | |
 | NOMSTERS | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Igor Yakunin | |
 | Mudventure | · EA | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Mud Diggers |
 | Dig Baby Dig Company | · EA | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | SoMeh Studio |
 | CHEATED | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | REAL PLAYERS DEV |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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