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Should I ship a Dinosaur Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Dinosaurs
Only 19 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Dinotica, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×641 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 28 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,635) |
| Top 5% | $403k (exactly $402,616) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 45% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,120 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Let's Build a Zoo 2021 · $2.2M 
Paleo Pines 2023 · $1.9M 
Birthdays the Beginning 2017 · $540k 
Dinotica 2026 · $403k 
Evolution Board Game 2019 · $156k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Let's Build a Zoo | older | $19.99 | 3,722 89% | 112k | $2.2M (exactly $2,232,083) | Springloaded |
| | Paleo Pines | older | $29.99 | 2,099 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,888,470) | Italic Pig |
| | Birthdays the Beginning | older | $19.99 | 901 63% | 27k | $540k (exactly $540,330) | Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc. |
| | Dinotica | $17.99 | 746 86% | 22k | $403k (exactly $402,616) | XA Studio | |
| | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
 | Fossil Corner | older | $9.99 | 330 98% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $98,901) | Brady Soglin |
 | Athos | · EA older | $24.99 | 95 58% | 2.9k | $71k (exactly $71,222) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
 | Spirit Animal Survival | $19.99 | 96 62% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | TRUEFX GAMES | |
 | Bean Beasts | $13.99 | 113 89% | 3.4k | $47k (exactly $47,426) | Anxious Noob | |
 | Beastie Bay DX | older | $8.99 | 98 70% | 2.9k | $26k (exactly $26,431) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Abyss: New Dawn | · EA | $24.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $14k (exactly $14,244) | Aloya Productions |
 | Dino Market | $4.99 | 51 94% | 1.5k | $7.6k (exactly $7,635) | Fuz Games | |
 | Never Ending Beyond | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | One More Dream Studios | |
 | Dino Tower Arena | $3.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $5.3k (exactly $5,267) | OsKkarz_ | |
 | Reptilarium | $7.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | PiqFocus Interactive | |
 | Dinosaurium | $7.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | PiqFocus Interactive | |
 | Sacred World | $6.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) | 超巨大战喵 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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