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Should I ship a Collectathon Typing game?
Collectathon + Typing
Only 11 developers shipped a Collectathon Typing 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, Anomalous Coffee Machine 2, 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 $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,485) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $157,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 900% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Collectathon, Typing
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,276 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 16 games are announced against 10 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
Influent Language Learning Game 2014 · $584k 
Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 2025 · $158k 
NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws 2025 · $69k 
HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island 2026 · $13k 
Author Sim 2026 · $7.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
| | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
| | NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws | $5.99 | 385 97% | 12k | $69k (exactly $69,184) | Lynkpin Game | |
| | HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island | $8.99 | 50 88% | 1.5k | $13k (exactly $13,485) | BeXide Inc. | |
| | Author Sim | $8.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | EssyTheSlug | |
 | Beat Paws Odyssey | $6.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | mindora games | |
 | Spooky Typing: The Ghost Plague | older | $4.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Sensen Games |
 | Typomancer in the Feather's Way | older | $4.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Sensen Games |
 | Mega Quiz Gaming | older | $2.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | HeyNau |
 | Infinity Islets | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Suspicious Penguin | |
 | Unstimulated Simulator | $0.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Shotsy Enterprise | |
 | Typomon Hunter | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Esoteric Games | |
 | Typegrinder | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Lunarade OÜ | |
 | Stack Attack | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Sleepy Fox Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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