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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Procedural Generation
Of 58 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation 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.. 104 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×5.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×470 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 104 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $22,655) |
| Top 5% | $295k (exactly $295,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 58 |
| Released games | 116 |
| Announced | 104 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 75% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Procedural Generation; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, RPG, Roguelike
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 8,511 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 104 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different second tag, 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
Aethermancer 2025 · EA · $2.0M 
Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M 
Patch Quest 2023 · $925k 
Horsey Game 2026 · $872k 
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020 · $566k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Aethermancer | · EA | $25.99 | 2,585 91% | 78k | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) | moi rai games |
| | Siralim Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 2,145 92% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) | Thylacine Studios |
| | Patch Quest | older | $14.99 | 2,058 94% | 62k | $925k (exactly $925,483) | Lychee Game Labs |
| | Horsey Game | $9.99 | 2,911 97% | 87k | $872k (exactly $872,427) | Captain Games | |
| | Legend Creatures(传奇生物) | older | $4.99 | 3,780 89% | 113k | $566k (exactly $565,866) | HideChara |
 | Siralim 3 | older | $14.99 | 881 94% | 26k | $396k (exactly $396,186) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Dicefolk | older | $14.99 | 867 89% | 26k | $390k (exactly $389,890) | LEAP Game Studios, Tiny Ghoul |
 | CleanFall | · EA | $19.99 | 492 92% | 15k | $295k (exactly $295,052) | Humanyoyo |
 | Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 | older | $24.99 | 342 89% | 10k | $256k (exactly $256,397) | NEKOTOKAGE GAMES |
 | Siralim 2 | older | $14.99 | 427 92% | 13k | $192k (exactly $192,022) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | DreamEcho | $11.99 | 369 79% | 11k | $133k (exactly $132,729) | HotWaterStudio | |
 | Border Town | $14.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $113,774) | GoHoGames | |
 | Black Hole Fishing | $5.99 | 571 88% | 17k | $103k (exactly $102,609) | SDG Games | |
 | Dragon Eclipse | $12.99 | 204 60% | 6.1k | $79k (exactly $79,499) | Fardust | |
 | Idle Deepcore | $6.99 | 365 85% | 11k | $77k (exactly $76,540) | Bluehood Games | |
 | The Bibites: Digital Life | · EA | $9.99 | 218 96% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | Omnia Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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