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Should I ship a God Game Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + God Game

Of 29 developers who shipped a God Game 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.. 42 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 $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×180 the market median. Revenue is up 620% on the market; 42 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 620% on the market, 42 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + God Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 29
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.6k → $659 → $26k → $13k → $150 → $23k → $839 (still earning) → $120 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + God Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 29
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $2.2k (exactly $2,153)
Top 5% $113k (exactly $113,173)
Developers, 2 yr 29
Released games 61
Announced 42
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 620% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, 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
God Game
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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, God Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Automation
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, Relaxing
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,027 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $450, 1 in 4 over $2.1k, 1 in 20 over $110k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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

Birthdays the Beginning 2017 · $540k Fish Game 2023 · $442k Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife 2024 · $234k Strange Seed 2025 · $194k Creature Crafter 2022 · $179k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Birthdays the Beginning older $19.99 901 63% 27k $540k (exactly $540,330) Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc.
Fish Game older $24.99 589 93% 18k $442k (exactly $441,573) A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games)
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife older $19.99 391 88% 12k $234k (exactly $234,483) inDirection Games
Strange Seed $14.99 431 86% 13k $194k (exactly $193,821) Chronicle Games Ltd
Creature Crafter older $7.99 745 86% 22k $179k (exactly $178,576) Daniel Lochner
Battle On! Hero Academy $4.99 756 83% 23k $113k (exactly $113,173) MMUnit
Loafing Town $6.99 531 85% 16k $111k (exactly $111,351) GoblinZz
Creatura older $14.99 214 67% 6.4k $96k (exactly $96,236) Koksny.com
Hole Dweller older $7.99 260 96% 7.8k $62k (exactly $62,322) Thigh High Games
Vilmonic older $14.99 69 69% 2.1k $31k (exactly $31,029) Bludgeonsoft
Desktop Fishes $5.99 128 82% 3.8k $23k (exactly $23,002) Daniel Santalla
Hideko $4.99 90 97% 2.7k $13k (exactly $13,473) Sokpop Collective
Creature Creation Station $11.99 26 100% 780 $9.4k (exactly $9,352) Xenon Fossil Games
CritterGarden $9.99 28 82% 840 $8.4k (exactly $8,392) Minjonia Studios
My Pet Femboy $2.99 24 100% 720 $2.2k (exactly $2,153) FzzyBzzy
KABOOM Farm · EA $9.99 5 100% 150 $1.5k (exactly $1,498) Act Plus Studio
Evolution adventure $3.99 8 87% 240 $958 (exactly $958) Stalevar

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