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Should I ship a Demon Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Demons
Only 19 developers shipped a Demon Creature Collector 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, RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.5M, ×2496 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 37 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) |
| Top 25% | $42k (exactly $41,804) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,567,186) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Dark, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,739 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + LootFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + SpaceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 2024 · $14M 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Soul Hackers 2 2022 · $4.1M 
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army 2025 · $1.6M 
Tavern of Gods 2021 · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | older | $59.99 | 7,858 91% | 236k | $14M (exactly $14,142,043) | ATLUS |
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Soul Hackers 2 | older | $59.99 | 2,300 65% | 69k | $4.1M (exactly $4,139,310) | ATLUS |
| | RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army | $49.99 | 1,045 93% | 31k | $1.6M (exactly $1,567,186) | ATLUS | |
| | Tavern of Gods | older | $9.99 | 775 77% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Element Studio |
 | Suzukuri Dungeon: Karin in the Mountain | older | $24.99 | 138 73% | 4.1k | $103k (exactly $103,459) | Karin Project |
 | Uninvited Guest | older | $9.99 | 322 73% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | AdroVGames |
 | ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World | $10.99 | 181 71% | 5.4k | $60k (exactly $59,676) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Lost in Prayer | · EA | $19.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $55k (exactly $55,172) | Nine Dots Studio |
 | Flock of the Seraphim | $9.99 | 162 85% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | GuuchanDev | |
 | Ghostbane | · EA | $8.99 | 155 67% | 4.7k | $42k (exactly $41,804) | Pi Bit |
 | Weirdlands | $19.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | Martin Mejak | |
 | Eternal Exodus | $19.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Fordesoft | |
 | Drowning Ashes | · EA | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Elston Studios |
 | Tribal Ritual | $4.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | TheBigO Games | |
 | Egyptian Punishment | $4.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | TheBigO Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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