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Should I ship a Collectathon Time Attack game?
Collectathon + Time Attack
Only 10 developers shipped a Collectathon Time Attack 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, 100 Cats London, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 120 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $0.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Time Attack
- 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, Time Attack; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Hidden Object, Point & Click, Puzzle
- Price point
- $0.99 typical · top 25% priced $1.99 or above
- Art
- 9 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cozy, Cute, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $1.99 or above; the middle game at $0.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 652 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom 2024 · $826k 
Glyph☀️ 2021 · $32k 
CHAIRS 2024 · $31k 
Neko Ghost, Jump! 2022 · EA · $8.4k 
100 Cats London 2025 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom | older | $16.99 | 1,621 97% | 49k | $826k (exactly $826,224) | Panik Arcade |
| | Glyph☀️ | older | $9.99 | 106 92% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $31,768) | Bolverk Games |
| | CHAIRS | older | $4.99 | 207 98% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $30,988) | The Rat Zone |
| | Neko Ghost, Jump! | · EA older | $9.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Burgos Games |
| | 100 Cats London | $1.99 | 111 96% | 3.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,627) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Dubai | older | $0.99 | 122 94% | 3.7k | $3.6k (exactly $3,623) | NaipSoft |
 | The 9th Gate | older | $5.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | Spacepup Entertainment |
 | 100 Cats Singapore | $0.99 | 113 93% | 3.4k | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Berlin | older | $0.99 | 111 91% | 3.3k | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | 100 Cats |
 | 100 Cats Belgrade | $1.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | 100 Cats | |
 | Find Cats in the Casino | $0.99 | 94 94% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | MeowSignal | |
 | 100 Cats Italy | $1.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Mexico | $0.99 | 89 89% | 2.7k | $2.6k (exactly $2,643) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Tokyo | $0.99 | 72 88% | 2.2k | $2.1k (exactly $2,138) | NaipSoft | |
 | Animal Run Relay | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | youdoyou.motto | |
 | Marble Quest | · EA | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Wolf Developer, ReelablePenny14 |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Los Angeles | $0.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | NaipSoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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