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Should I ship a Collectathon Quick-Time Events game?
Collectathon + Quick-Time Events
Only 15 developers shipped a Collectathon Quick-Time Events 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, Bugtopia, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 160% on the market; 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $720 (exactly $720) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) |
| Top 5% | $156k (exactly $155,620) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 34 |
| 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 up 160% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- 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, Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Creature Collector, Simulation, Idler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,072 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Bugtopia 2025 · $156k 
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan 2021 · $88k 
Treasure Chest Clicker 2023 · $49k 
Mothkeep 2026 · $12k 
Foxen Island 2021 · EA · $5.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bugtopia | $5.99 | 866 92% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,620) | Nocturnal Games | |
| | Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan | older | $19.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $88,156) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
| | Treasure Chest Clicker | older | $3.99 | 408 82% | 12k | $49k (exactly $48,838) | Simon Eftestol |
| | Mothkeep | $4.99 | 83 96% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Ivette Schmidt | |
| | Foxen Island | · EA older | $8.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | gamingyourway |
 | Pocket Gecko | $3.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | riyotsa | |
 | Fish 'n Ships | $4.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Squid Snooze Studio | |
 | The Way of Cooking | older | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | 大连酷码星数字科技有限公司 |
 | Slimelon | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | LeSaucier | |
 | Fish's Trip | older | $4.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Gamesforgames |
 | Sleeping Dragon | $19.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Vermillion Studios | |
 | Find My Buddy | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | StoicQuest | |
 | SkateRPG | $2.00 | 12 100% | 360 | $720 (exactly $720) | Daniel Dante | |
 | The King Cat Clicker | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Ginger Cat Studios | |
 | Pepper Rush | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | dalton_jose_oliveira, Felipe |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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