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Should I ship a Space Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Space
Of 62 developers who shipped a Space Collectathon 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.. 71 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 71 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $423k (exactly $423,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 145 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 10% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 6,203 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different setting or mood, 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
Star Birds 2025 · EA · $1.8M 
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection 2026 · $788k 
Bubsy 4D 2026 · $466k 
Astronomics 2025 · EA · $423k 
Galactic Mining Corp 2021 · $338k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Star Birds | · EA | $19.99 | 2,990 92% | 90k | $1.8M (exactly $1,793,103) | Toukana Interactive |
| | Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection | $39.99 | 657 96% | 20k | $788k (exactly $788,203) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Bubsy 4D | $19.99 | 777 92% | 23k | $466k (exactly $465,967) | Fabraz | |
| | Astronomics | · EA | $19.99 | 706 89% | 21k | $423k (exactly $423,388) | Numizmatic |
| | Galactic Mining Corp | older | $12.99 | 868 84% | 26k | $338k (exactly $338,260) | Windybeard |
 | Space Rescue: Code Pink | · EA older | $11.99 | 326 89% | 9.8k | $117k (exactly $117,262) | Robin |
 | Digger: Galactic Treasures | $4.99 | 711 87% | 21k | $106k (exactly $106,437) | RainStyle games | |
 | ROLLING STAR | $11.99 | 216 96% | 6.5k | $78k (exactly $77,695) | NUL2 STUDIO | |
 | Deiland: Pocket Planet | older | $14.99 | 132 68% | 4.0k | $59k (exactly $59,360) | Chibig |
 | Looking for Aliens | older | $7.99 | 235 95% | 7.1k | $56k (exactly $56,330) | Yustas |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | PLATONICA SPACE | $9.99 | 58 68% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,383) | Kazuhide Oka | |
 | Skulker | $9.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Krow Game | |
 | Accretion | $9.99 | 21 38% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | ValarFerys |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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