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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Psychological Horror
Of 21 developers who shipped a Psychological-Horror 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.. 40 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $300k, ×480 the market median. Revenue is up 440% on the market; 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $24,401) |
| Top 5% | $301k (exactly $301,392) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 40 |
| 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 440% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action-Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy, First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 14,181 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 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
Berry Bury Berry 2026 · $2.1M 
My Lovely Wife 2022 · $308k 
MyVoiceZoo 2025 · $301k 
Psalm 5:9-13 2024 · $222k 
Psalm 2 2026 · $151k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Berry Bury Berry | $7.99 | 8,619 98% | 259k | $2.1M (exactly $2,065,974) | Get(Color) Games | |
| | My Lovely Wife | older | $14.99 | 685 74% | 21k | $308k (exactly $308,044) | GameChanger Studio, Toge Productions |
| | MyVoiceZoo | $2.99 | 3,360 92% | 101k | $301k (exactly $301,392) | TRUSO | |
| | Psalm 5:9-13 | older | $3.99 | 1,852 83% | 56k | $222k (exactly $221,684) | N4bA, Notex, a1esska |
| | Psalm 2 | $7.99 | 631 88% | 19k | $151k (exactly $151,251) | Notex, a1esska, N4bA | |
 | Chicken Hill | $2.99 | 1,134 99% | 34k | $102k (exactly $101,720) | 梗立游戏 | |
 | Uninvited Guest | older | $9.99 | 322 73% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | AdroVGames |
 | 100 hidden cats | older | $0.99 | 2,161 94% | 65k | $64k (exactly $64,182) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov |
 | Chair F*cking Simulator | older | $1.99 | 774 95% | 23k | $46k (exactly $46,208) | SoSorrySoft |
 | Blackberry | older | $9.99 | 150 63% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | AndeoTEAM |
 | Ghostbane | · EA | $8.99 | 155 67% | 4.7k | $42k (exactly $41,804) | Pi Bit |
 | Security: The Horrible Nights | $4.99 | 163 88% | 4.9k | $24k (exactly $24,401) | Professional Villains | |
 | Hentai Dates | $9.99 | 51 66% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | Fantasy Games | |
 | Platform 6 ONLINE | 6番線オンライン協力異変探し | $9.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | MFC STUDIO, SHINISE GAMES, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | The Jester | $3.99 | 42 69% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | Psycho | |
 | Phantom Asylum VR | · EA | $9.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SRVR |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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