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Should I ship a Dog Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Dogs
Of 28 developers who shipped a Dog Creature Collector 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.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×234 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 28 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) |
| Top 5% | $147k (exactly $147,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 as many developers as 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.
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Simulation, Automation
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 3,867 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Maltese's Fluffy Onsen 2025 · $490k 
Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game 2022 · $266k 
Adore 2023 · $237k 
Batomon Showdown 2026 · $147k 
Desk Paws 2025 · $83k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Maltese's Fluffy Onsen | $5.99 | 2,727 94% | 82k | $490k (exactly $490,042) | Sinkhole Studio, Moonlab Studio | |
| | Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game | older | $19.99 | 443 94% | 13k | $266k (exactly $265,667) | Sundae Month |
| | Adore | older | $19.99 | 396 87% | 12k | $237k (exactly $237,481) | Cadabra Games |
| | Batomon Showdown | $14.99 | 327 87% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | berrymint | |
| | Desk Paws | $5.99 | 463 86% | 14k | $83k (exactly $83,201) | GinkgoGames | |
 | Sons Of The Dream Forest | · EA older | $4.99 | 318 9% | 9.5k | $48k (exactly $47,605) | SimulatorLife |
 | Bean Beasts | $13.99 | 113 89% | 3.4k | $47k (exactly $47,426) | Anxious Noob | |
 | 100 hidden cats 2 | older | $0.99 | 920 93% | 28k | $27k (exactly $27,324) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh |
 | Claws & Chaos | $5.99 | 95 60% | 2.9k | $17k (exactly $17,072) | Parhelion Studio | |
 | 100 hidden dogs | older | $0.99 | 552 93% | 17k | $16k (exactly $16,394) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov |
 | The PARADOGX Incident | $10.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $8.2k (exactly $8,242) | Artibex | |
 | Puppy Park | $4.99 | 42 59% | 1.3k | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) | TM39 | |
 | Never Ending Beyond | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | One More Dream Studios | |
 | 101 Cute Dogs: Find & Paint | $4.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Cozy Pixel | |
 | Eyes That Hypnotise | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Possum Riot |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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