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Should I ship a Farming Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Farming
Only 19 developers shipped a Farming 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, Collector's Cove, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.7k, ×12 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $81k, ×130 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,676) |
| Top 5% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Farming
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Farming Sim, Simulation, Building
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cozy, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 775 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 10 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
Rune Factory 5 2022 · $2.3M 
Rune Factory 4 Special 2021 · $1.9M 
Ooblets 2023 · $1.2M 
Re:Legend 2022 · $1.1M 
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rune Factory 5 | older | $39.99 | 1,940 76% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,327,418) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 4 Special | older | $29.99 | 2,070 88% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,862,379) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Ooblets | older | $29.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $1.2M (exactly $1,248,784) | Glumberland |
| | Re:Legend | older | $24.99 | 1,514 56% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,135,046) | Magnus Games Studio |
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
 | Garden of the Sea (VR) | older | $9.99 | 619 93% | 19k | $186k (exactly $185,514) | Neat Corporation |
 | Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge | older | $19.99 | 230 86% | 6.9k | $138k (exactly $137,931) | Humble Reeds |
 | Collector's Cove | $19.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | VoodooDuck | |
 | Pawsome Resort | · EA | $11.99 | 147 83% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | Pixel Puffs |
 | Focus Grove | $8.99 | 172 98% | 5.2k | $46k (exactly $46,388) | Little Lantern | |
 | Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets | · EA | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Akrew |
 | Chronomon | · EA | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Stone Golem Studios |
 | Pet Lands | $14.99 | 47 46% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito | |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs | |
 | My Money Grows On Trees | $9.99 | 44 54% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Tbjbu2 | |
 | CritterGarden | $9.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Minjonia Studios | |
 | Cosmic Coop | $7.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Omnivorian |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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