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Should I ship a Collectathon Souls-like?
Souls-like + Collectathon
Only 9 developers shipped a Collectathon Souls-like 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, Duskfade, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $980, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 10225% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $980 (exactly $980) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $65,304) |
| Top 5% | $713k (exactly $713,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 10225% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Collectathon
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 5,492 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. 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022 · $977k 
Duskfade 2026 · $713k 
Eternity Egg 2025 · EA · $346k 
Almighty: Kill Your Gods 2021 · EA · $241k 
Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy - Complete Edition 2023 · $82k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Little Noah: Scion of Paradise | older | $14.99 | 2,172 92% | 65k | $977k (exactly $976,748) | Cygames, Inc., Grounding Inc. |
| | Duskfade | $29.99 | 793 91% | 24k | $713k (exactly $713,462) | Weird Beluga | |
| | Eternity Egg | · EA | $19.99 | 577 82% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | USERLANDS |
| | Almighty: Kill Your Gods | · EA older | $24.99 | 321 61% | 9.6k | $241k (exactly $240,654) | RUNWILD Entertainment |
| | Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy - Complete Edition | older | $14.99 | 182 82% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | Double Dash Studios, Copa Studio |
 | Outrider Mako | $17.99 | 121 65% | 3.6k | $65k (exactly $65,304) | Asamado Games | |
 | qop | older | $1.99 | 1,088 91% | 33k | $65k (exactly $64,954) | Quiet River |
 | ENCHAIN | · EA | $19.99 | 94 96% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | mattlawrdev |
 | Tropicalia: a Brazilian Game | older | $14.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Paulo Henrique Franqueira |
 | Hobo Cat Adventures | older | $10.99 | 83 92% | 2.5k | $27k (exactly $27,365) | Hobo Cat Games |
 | Stump Simulator 2 | $0.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Dynamic Games | |
 | Misery Avenue | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Miseryous Games | |
 | Entities | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Danilo Willian | |
 | Dash Trails | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ochiai Retsuto | |
 | The Return of Those Who Didn't Go | $6.90 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dellamarque Productions |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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