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Should I ship a Supernatural Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Supernatural
Of 34 developers who shipped a Supernatural 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.. 46 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 46 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) |
| Top 5% | $88k (exactly $88,072) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 72 |
| Announced | 46 |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Supernatural
- 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Puzzle, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,579 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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
Lunch Lady 2021 · $1.5M 
Sumire 2021 · $159k 
Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 2025 · $158k 
Mosaic of the Strange 2025 · $88k 
Mosaic of The Pharaohs 2025 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lunch Lady | older | $4.99 | 9,722 86% | 292k | $1.5M (exactly $1,455,383) | Manic Mice |
| | Sumire | older | $5.99 | 887 95% | 27k | $159k (exactly $159,394) | GameTomo Team |
| | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
| | Mosaic of the Strange | $12.99 | 226 92% | 6.8k | $88k (exactly $88,072) | Mark Ffrench | |
| | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | Lunar Axe | older | $7.99 | 136 88% | 4.1k | $33k (exactly $32,599) | Ops Game Studio |
 | Terrorbytes | $7.99 | 51 84% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Treetop | |
 | Miller's Fantasy: PARTY | $8.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | R3al Studios | |
 | RESEQUENCED | older | $4.99 | 75 66% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,228) | Based On The Play |
 | Kurokami-sama's Feast | older | $12.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $11k (exactly $10,522) | みなとカーニバルWorld |
 | Willie's Nightfall | $4.99 | 65 78% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Runebox Game Studio | |
 | DON'T LOOK AT GRANDMA | $4.99 | 64 93% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Danger Sauce LLC | |
 | The Fox Hare Disaster: Chapter One | $3.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $4.0k (exactly $3,950) | Dream Oni, Cosmic Boop, Valorware | |
 | HANGAR 8 | $3.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Twin Tail Digital | |
 | Dream fallen remake - village | $4.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Paulo Pereira, Beatriz Pereira Arabe |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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