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Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Dungeon Crawler

Of 50 developers who shipped a Dungeon Crawler 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.. 118 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×393 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 118 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 145% on the market, 118 announced, ×4.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + Dungeon Crawler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 50
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $49k → $861 → $150 → $2.4k → $1.9k → $3.6k → $599 (still earning) → $3.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Dungeon Crawler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 50
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $2.4k (exactly $2,399)
Top 25% $13k (exactly $12,592)
Top 5% $247k (exactly $246,566)
Developers, 2 yr 50
Released games 104
Announced 118
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 145% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Dungeon Crawler
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Creature Collector, Dungeon Crawler; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Roguelike, Roguelite
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 5,274 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $2.4k, 1 in 4 over $12k, 1 in 20 over $240k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 118 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Perma DeathFair30 devs · median $5.3k · 33 announced
  2. + Bullet HellFair24 devs · median $3.4k · 33 announced
  3. + CapitalismFair38 devs · median $3.2k · 38 announced
  4. + LootFair51 devs · median $2.9k · 67 announced
  5. + IdlerFair248 devs · median $2.1k · 260 announced
  6. + IncrementalFair177 devs · median $1.9k · 191 announced
  7. + Action RoguelikeFair39 devs · median $1.8k · 54 announced
  8. + SpaceFair30 devs · median $1.5k · 39 announced
  9. + ZombiesFair14 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair73 devs · median $629 · 85 announced
  11. + Co-opPoor odds31 devs · median $28k · 82 announced
  12. + Dating SimPoor odds14 devs · median $23k · 43 announced

All 133 pairs on the Creature Collector page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Aethermancer 2025 · EA · $2.0M Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M Patch Quest 2023 · $925k Anomaly President 2026 · EA · $619k Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020 · $566k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Aethermancer · EA $25.99 2,585 91% 78k $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) moi rai games
Siralim Ultimate older $19.99 2,145 92% 64k $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) Thylacine Studios
Patch Quest older $14.99 2,058 94% 62k $925k (exactly $925,483) Lychee Game Labs
Anomaly President · EA $14.99 1,376 91% 41k $619k (exactly $618,787) Phew Phew Games
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) older $4.99 3,780 89% 113k $566k (exactly $565,866) HideChara
Siralim 3 older $14.99 881 94% 26k $396k (exactly $396,186) Thylacine Studios
9th Dawn Remake $15.99 514 86% 15k $247k (exactly $246,566) Valorware
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen older $19.99 355 93% 11k $213k (exactly $212,893) Spiderweb Software
Siralim 2 older $14.99 427 92% 13k $192k (exactly $192,022) Thylacine Studios
Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World older $19.99 184 82% 5.5k $110k (exactly $110,345) AQUAPLUS
Lost in Prayer · EA $19.99 92 80% 2.8k $55k (exactly $55,172) Nine Dots Studio
XiuzhenWorld2 $12.99 134 67% 4.0k $52k (exactly $52,220) Noforgetit
Nimbit Frontier · EA $13.99 113 97% 3.4k $47k (exactly $47,426) Megasploot
Identifile: Desktop Dungeon · EA $9.99 148 91% 4.4k $44k (exactly $44,356) Gearbyte Games
Gold and Graves $5.99 180 86% 5.4k $32k (exactly $32,346) Yoon
Letalis $14.99 64 95% 1.9k $29k (exactly $28,781) Monkiato
Eternal Sword Tomb · EA $8.99 68 77% 2.0k $18k (exactly $18,340) 阿郎

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.