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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Puzzle Platformer
Only 18 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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, EMUUROM, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×180 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) |
| Top 5% | $113k (exactly $113,159) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 down 75% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- 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, Puzzle Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, Family Friendly
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 608 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy 2017 · $282k 
EMUUROM 2026 · $113k 
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan 2021 · $88k 
OUTCLAW 2026 · $33k 
Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt 2025 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy | older | $14.99 | 626 94% | 19k | $282k (exactly $281,512) | Eurocom, THQ Nordic |
| | EMUUROM | $12.49 | 302 90% | 9.1k | $113k (exactly $113,159) | borbware | |
| | Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan | older | $19.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $88,156) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
| | OUTCLAW | $24.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $33k (exactly $32,987) | Moss Monkey | |
| | Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt | $3.99 | 185 100% | 5.6k | $22k (exactly $22,144) | BIG EYES TATA | |
 | CODE: PANDORA | older | $8.99 | 58 68% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $15,643) | Towndarktales |
 | Fire Hero - Pixel Rescue | $9.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Ravenlore Studio | |
 | Kukoos: Lost Pets | older | $12.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | Petit Fabrik |
 | Ryder | $19.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Yellow Tree Games | |
 | Trash Bandits | older | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Crab Bucket Software |
 | Fantasy Friends: Dream Worlds | $29.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | Xaloc Studios | |
 | Lust Arena | $9.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | HFTGames | |
 | Chicken Chicken | · EA | $2.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Sobaka Studio |
 | Viscera Alien | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Nasapagym | |
 | Ocean Pop! : Calypso Collision | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | circyn software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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