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Should I ship a Medieval Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Medieval

Of 26 developers who shipped a Medieval 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.. 65 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×390 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 65 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 95% on the market, 65 announced, ×4.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + Medieval
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.0k → $210 → $14k → $8.4k → $955 → $2.8k (still earning) → $3.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Medieval: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $1.6k (exactly $1,647)
Top 25% $9.2k (exactly $9,232)
Top 5% $245k (exactly $244,718)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 72
Announced 65
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 95% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 25%, 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
Medieval
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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dungeon Crawler, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,534 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 $1.6k, 1 in 4 over $9.2k, 1 in 20 over $240k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different setting or mood, 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

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince 2024 · $1.4M Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M Ithya: Magic Studies 2025 · $693k Siralim 3 2018 · $396k The Monster Breeder 2025 · $245k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince older $39.99 1,158 71% 35k $1.4M (exactly $1,389,253) Square Enix
Siralim Ultimate older $19.99 2,145 92% 64k $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) Thylacine Studios
Ithya: Magic Studies $10.99 2,103 97% 63k $693k (exactly $693,359) BlueTurtle
Siralim 3 older $14.99 881 94% 26k $396k (exactly $396,186) Thylacine Studios
The Monster Breeder $29.99 272 91% 8.2k $245k (exactly $244,718) Fantasy Creations
Siralim 2 older $14.99 427 92% 13k $192k (exactly $192,022) Thylacine Studios
Battle On! Hero Academy $4.99 756 83% 23k $113k (exactly $113,173) MMUnit
Garlant: My Story older $10.99 234 84% 7.0k $77k (exactly $77,150) Flt Studio
Dragon Creek older $14.99 133 87% 4.0k $60k (exactly $59,810) ∇
Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess older $24.99 62 87% 1.9k $46k (exactly $46,481) Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Engine Soft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Engine Software BV)
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
Gloamvault $9.99 36 91% 1.1k $11k (exactly $10,789) Grave Hammer Games
Tame Me Hard! $10.99 28 57% 840 $9.2k (exactly $9,232) IniBugyo
NTR LIFE $3.99 70 74% 2.1k $8.4k (exactly $8,379) Jpegsama
Dungeons and Warbands · EA $14.99 16 56% 480 $7.2k (exactly $7,195) Omer Erenturk
Ether Flow :: Focus, organize, and create. $13.99 9 100% 270 $3.8k (exactly $3,777) Team Lily Orbit

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