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Should I ship a Creature Collector Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Creature Collector
Of 60 developers who shipped a Creature Collector Party-Based RPG 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.. 138 more are announced, ×5.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.9k, ×9.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×1705 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 138 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $45,420) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,070,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 60 |
| Released games | 126 |
| Announced | 138 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG, Creature Collector; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, JRPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 29,504 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 7 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 138 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
Digimon Story Time Stranger 2025 · $33M 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Cassette Beasts 2023 · $5.4M 
Digimon World: Next Order 2023 · $4.2M 
Rune Factory 5 2022 · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Digimon Story Time Stranger | $69.99 | 15,845 89% | 475k | $33M (exactly $33,269,746) | Media.Vision Inc. | |
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Cassette Beasts | older | $19.99 | 8,976 94% | 269k | $5.4M (exactly $5,382,907) | Bytten Studio |
| | Digimon World: Next Order | older | $59.99 | 2,331 80% | 70k | $4.2M (exactly $4,195,101) | HYDE, Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 5 | older | $39.99 | 1,940 76% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,327,418) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Aethermancer | · EA | $25.99 | 2,585 91% | 78k | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) | moi rai games |
 | Rune Factory 4 Special | older | $29.99 | 2,070 88% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,862,379) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | 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 |
 | Ooblets | older | $29.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $1.2M (exactly $1,248,784) | Glumberland |
 | Bloomtown: A Different Story | $24.99 | 1,428 85% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,070,572) | Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games | |
 | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
 | Kabuto Park | $4.99 | 4,329 99% | 130k | $648k (exactly $648,051) | Doot | |
 | Spirit Valley | $14.99 | 1,203 89% | 36k | $541k (exactly $540,989) | Otterside Games | |
 | Botworld Odyssey | $25.00 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $209k (exactly $209,250) | Featherweight Games | |
 | Dokimon Quest | $14.99 | 393 75% | 12k | $177k (exactly $176,732) | Yanako RPGs | |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | Beyond Galaxyland | $14.99 | 314 85% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | Sam Enright |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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