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Collectathon + Shop Keeper
Of 44 developers who shipped a Collectathon Shop Keeper 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.. 75 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $12k, ×26 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2651 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 75 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 25% | $81k (exactly $81,219) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,259,160) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 75 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.00 |
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 30% on the market, supply 430% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Shop Keeper
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Shop Keeper; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $7.00 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Relaxing, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.00.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 60,625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 75 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CapitalismStrong odds
- + Turn-BasedFair
- + EconomyFair
- + ManagementFair
- + CrimeFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SokobanFair
- + MythologyFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Combat RacingFair
Comparable games
TCG Card Shop Simulator 2026 · $28M 
Tiny Bookshop 2025 · $4.2M 
Teddy's Haven 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Anime Shop Simulator ✨ 2026 · $265k 
Tabletop Game Shop Simulator 2026 · $187k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | TCG Card Shop Simulator | $19.99 | 47,357 96% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $28,399,993) | OPNeon Games | |
| | Tiny Bookshop | $19.99 | 6,967 96% | 209k | $4.2M (exactly $4,178,110) | neoludic games | |
| | Teddy's Haven | · EA | $14.99 | 2,800 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,259,160) | Teddy Bear Games LLC |
| | Anime Shop Simulator ✨ | $14.99 | 589 73% | 18k | $265k (exactly $264,873) | One More Time | |
| | Tabletop Game Shop Simulator | $12.99 | 480 84% | 14k | $187k (exactly $187,056) | Ludogram, Knight Fever Games | |
 | Budgie's Bug Shop | $5.99 | 1,016 96% | 30k | $183k (exactly $182,575) | Moon Lagoon | |
 | Mall Together | $11.99 | 415 94% | 12k | $149k (exactly $149,276) | Business Tycoon | |
 | Gacha Capsule Shop Simulator - Akihabara | · EA | $12.40 | 379 82% | 11k | $141k (exactly $140,988) | UGC90 |
 | Arcane Merchant | $14.99 | 280 84% | 8.4k | $126k (exactly $125,916) | Findie Studios | |
 | GeckoShop | $9.99 | 342 66% | 10k | $102k (exactly $102,497) | Reptoid |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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