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Should I ship a Creature Collector FPS?
FPS + Creature Collector
Only 13 developers shipped a Creature Collector FPS 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, Slime Rancher 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $39M, ×26180 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 19 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $39M (exactly $39,217,923) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Creature Collector; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Open World, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 44,577 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Slime Rancher 2 2025 · $39M 
Yarimono 2024 · $3.0M 
Island Notes 2025 · $344k 
Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal 2015 · $236k 
Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS) 2023 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Slime Rancher 2 | $29.99 | 43,590 94% | 1.3M | $39M (exactly $39,217,923) | Monomi Park | |
| | Yarimono | older | $24.99 | 4,011 86% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $3,007,047) | にゅう工房 |
| | Island Notes | $12.99 | 884 82% | 27k | $344k (exactly $344,495) | KangBaoGame | |
| | Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal | older | $7.99 | 984 73% | 30k | $236k (exactly $235,865) | Funatics Software |
| | Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS) | older | $19.99 | 99 44% | 3.0k | $59k (exactly $59,370) | Tbjbu2 Originals |
 | Russian Hunter | older | $24.99 | 41 39% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | 仙道孤旅 | · EA older | $8.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,294) | 仙道 |
 | DOLLMAKER | $8.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | STH | |
 | Wrath of the Goliaths: Dinosaurs | · EA older | $9.99 | 17 17% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Ascendence Studios |
 | Heart attack | older | $0.99 | 114 68% | 3.4k | $3.4k (exactly $3,386) | LilMemes Production |
 | Venator Universe | · EA | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Fullset Gaming |
 | Camelbirds | $5.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | 5Centov | |
 | Shadow of the Night | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Snapshot Aquarium | · EA | $5.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Octoponx |
 | Ultra Fishing | $12.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Shuttered | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Evilkookey Games | |
 | GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | GLITCHED MATRIX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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