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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Creature Collector?
Online Co-Op + Creature Collector
Of 35 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 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.. 97 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×8.8 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $8.5M, ×5731 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
| Top 25% | $102k (exactly $102,497) |
| Top 5% | $8.6M (exactly $8,585,744) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 97 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 20% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Creature Collector; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Sandbox, Character Customization
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 478,525 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 6 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
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- + World War IIPoor odds
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Comparable games
Palworld 2026 · $371M 
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin 2021 · $14M 
WEBFISHING 2024 · $8.6M 
Witchspire 2026 · EA · $1.3M 
Re:Legend 2022 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Palworld | $29.99 | 411,947 94% | 12M | $371M (exactly $370,628,716) | Pocketpair | |
| | Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin | older | $39.99 | 11,845 82% | 355k | $14M (exactly $14,210,446) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | WEBFISHING | $4.99 | 57,353 97% | 1.7M | $8.6M (exactly $8,585,744) | lamedeveloper | |
| | Witchspire | · EA | $22.99 | 1,849 82% | 55k | $1.3M (exactly $1,275,255) | Envar Games |
| | Re:Legend | older | $24.99 | 1,514 56% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,135,046) | Magnus Games Studio |
 | Temtem: Swarm | $12.99 | 2,487 77% | 75k | $969k (exactly $969,184) | Crema, GGTech Studios | |
 | On-Together: Virtual Co-Working | $9.99 | 1,314 93% | 39k | $394k (exactly $393,806) | GigaPuff | |
 | Flock Around | $4.99 | 1,954 98% | 59k | $293k (exactly $292,514) | Friend Shaped Games | |
 | Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 446 76% | 13k | $267k (exactly $267,466) | To-Go Games |
 | Monster Care Simulator | $12.99 | 644 91% | 19k | $251k (exactly $250,967) | Banana Tiger Studio | |
 | GeckoShop | $9.99 | 342 66% | 10k | $102k (exactly $102,497) | Reptoid | |
 | Monster Mop Up | $14.99 | 189 57% | 5.7k | $85k (exactly $84,993) | Terahard Ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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