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Should I ship a Collectathon Rhythm game?
Collectathon + Rhythm
Only 18 developers shipped a Collectathon Rhythm 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, Trombone Champ: Unflattened, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $178 (exactly $178) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) |
| Top 5% | $53k (exactly $52,774) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 down 25% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Rhythm
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 233 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Soundfall 2022 · $896k 
Trombone Champ: Unflattened 2024 · $53k 
SUPER 56 2023 · $31k 
Baby Shark™: Sing & Swim Party 2023 · $19k 
Lunars 2026 · EA · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Soundfall | older | $29.99 | 996 73% | 30k | $896k (exactly $896,101) | Drastic Games |
| | Trombone Champ: Unflattened | $19.99 | 88 97% | 2.6k | $53k (exactly $52,774) | Flat2VR Studios, Holy Wow Studios LLC | |
| | SUPER 56 | older | $6.99 | 146 94% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $30,616) | Onion Soup Interactive |
| | Baby Shark™: Sing & Swim Party | older | $39.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $19k (exactly $19,195) | Recotechnology S.L. |
| | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Fech The Ferret | · EA older | $24.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $14k (exactly $14,244) | aucritas |
 | MonCon | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Megalithic Mainframe |
 | Skulker | $9.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Krow Game | |
 | Mound of Music | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Elif Games | |
 | Super Indie Square - Fight Against Time | older | $12.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Eternal One Games |
 | Chowdown Kitty | $2.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) | Lunar Peace | |
 | MACHO DE PON! for Steam | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | Sting | |
 | Marquee Candle | $0.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Heskira | |
 | ジャンクノーツ / JUNK NOTES | $3.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Jloo | |
 | Trap Golf | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Titanium Raiders | $0.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | T Raiders |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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