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Should I ship a Collectathon Point & Click game?
Collectathon + Point & Click
Of 197 developers who shipped a Collectathon Point & Click 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.. 234 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×2.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 234 games are announced against 124 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,010) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) |
| Top 5% | $106k (exactly $106,318) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 197 |
| Released games | 656 |
| Announced | 234 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Hidden Object, Simulation
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 22,986 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 181 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 234 games are announced against 124 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Leaf it Alone 2025 · $1.1M 
Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town 2024 · $753k 
Digseum 2024 · $721k 
Hidden Through Time 2020 · $673k 
Influent Language Learning Game 2014 · $584k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Leaf it Alone | $5.99 | 6,244 95% | 187k | $1.1M (exactly $1,122,047) | Eternity | |
| | Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town | $29.99 | 837 95% | 25k | $753k (exactly $753,049) | h.a.n.d., Inc. | |
| | Digseum | $2.99 | 8,033 97% | 241k | $721k (exactly $720,560) | Rat Monthly | |
| | Hidden Through Time | older | $7.99 | 2,807 93% | 84k | $673k (exactly $672,838) | Rogueside |
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
 | A Castle Full of Cats | older | $3.99 | 4,073 99% | 122k | $488k (exactly $487,538) | Devcats |
 | Click the Button | $3.99 | 3,849 93% | 115k | $461k (exactly $460,725) | LoopCap | |
 | Find Matt's Cats | $19.99 | 719 98% | 22k | $431k (exactly $431,184) | Matt Roszak | |
 | A Tower Full of Cats | older | $5.99 | 2,304 99% | 69k | $414k (exactly $414,029) | Devcats |
 | Plantera | older | $2.99 | 4,518 88% | 136k | $405k (exactly $405,265) | VaragtP |
 | A Building Full of Cats 2 | $6.99 | 1,145 97% | 34k | $240k (exactly $240,106) | Devcats | |
 | Bugtopia | $5.99 | 866 92% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,620) | Nocturnal Games | |
 | A Planet Full of Cats | $7.99 | 581 89% | 17k | $139k (exactly $139,266) | Devcats | |
 | Diggin | $6.99 | 635 80% | 19k | $133k (exactly $133,160) | Longshot Studio | |
 | 夏目友人帳 ～葉月の記～ | $49.99 | 77 80% | 2.3k | $115k (exactly $115,477) | Toydium |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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