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Should I ship a Creature Collector MMORPG?
MMORPG + Creature Collector
Only 4 developers shipped a paid Creature Collector MMORPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 8 did: 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.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 30 more are announced, ×30 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $41k against a market of $1.3k. 30 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
|---|---|
| Median | $31k (exactly $31,036) |
| Top 25% | $71k (exactly $71,222) |
| Top 5% | $206k (exactly $205,963) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 52%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MMORPG
- effort 10 / 10 · low · persistent world servers and a live economy
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Creature Collector
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 32,477 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×30 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
Temtem 2022 · $42M 
Lugh World 2026 · EA · $206k 
Athos 2023 · EA · $71k 
Spire Horizon Online 2024 · $41k 
Para Ark 2023 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Temtem | older | $44.99 | 31,263 82% | 938k | $42M (exactly $42,195,671) | Crema |
| | Lugh World | · EA | $14.99 | 458 68% | 14k | $206k (exactly $205,963) | Lughsoft |
| | Athos | · EA older | $24.99 | 95 58% | 2.9k | $71k (exactly $71,222) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
| | Spire Horizon Online | $3.99 | 343 64% | 10k | $41k (exactly $41,057) | Mendoka | |
| | Para Ark | older | $6.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $31,036) | ST Hot Dog King |
 | Wild Alone | $10.99 | 38 47% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,529) | Wild Alone 21 | |
 | Venator Universe | · EA | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Fullset Gaming |
 | Flower Design | older | $0.99 | 84 60% | 2.5k | $2.5k (exactly $2,495) | PanGuoJun |
 | Sokfest | older | $4.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Gverse | · EA older | $0.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $327 (exactly $327) | GalaxyVerse |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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