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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Post-apocalyptic
Only 18 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic Creature Collector in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, CleanFall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 41 more are announced, ×5.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×470 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 41 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,142) |
| Top 5% | $295k (exactly $295,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 41 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Simulation, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,081 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + LootFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + SpaceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 2024 · $14M 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Hunt and Snare 2018 · EA · $648k 
Atrio: The Dark Wild 2023 · $338k 
CleanFall 2025 · EA · $295k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | older | $59.99 | 7,858 91% | 236k | $14M (exactly $14,142,043) | ATLUS |
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Hunt and Snare | · EA older | $29.99 | 720 80% | 22k | $648k (exactly $647,784) | Ruffleneck, Hare, Drathek |
| | Atrio: The Dark Wild | older | $19.99 | 563 78% | 17k | $338k (exactly $337,631) | Isto Inc. |
| | CleanFall | · EA | $19.99 | 492 92% | 15k | $295k (exactly $295,052) | Humanyoyo |
 | Penko Park | older | $13.99 | 602 98% | 18k | $253k (exactly $252,659) | Ghostbutter |
 | Mushroom Nook | $4.99 | 392 98% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,682) | HyperstasisGaming | |
 | Chair F*cking Simulator | older | $1.99 | 774 95% | 23k | $46k (exactly $46,208) | SoSorrySoft |
 | Para Ark | older | $6.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $31,036) | ST Hot Dog King |
 | World for Two | older | $13.99 | 58 77% | 1.7k | $24k (exactly $24,343) | Seventh rank |
 | Xenowars | $19.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Strategeion Studios | |
 | Gas Giant Voyage | $7.99 | 60 91% | 1.8k | $14k (exactly $14,382) | 1023 Technology | |
 | Post Apocalypse Microbe Lab | $7.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $14k (exactly $14,142) | SKIPMORE, URARA-WORKS | |
 | License To Clone | · EA | $17.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.2k (exactly $3,238) | Jam Donut Games |
 | Fishing The Sky | $3.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | MewCoco | |
 | Find Kitties: Zombie Hunter | $1.20 | 20 95% | 600 | $720 (exactly $720) | Sons of Welder, FM Simple Games Studio | |
 | Monster Manor | $3.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Soda Duck | |
 | Chicken Chicken | · EA | $2.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Sobaka Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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