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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Roguelike Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Roguelike

Of 100 developers who shipped a Roguelike 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.. 166 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×641 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 166 games are announced against 67 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 166 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + Roguelike
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 100
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $718 → $1.3k → $4.8k → $52k → $7.0k → $3.6k → $3.1k (still earning) → $1.9k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Roguelike: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 100
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $3.6k (exactly $3,596)
Top 25% $32k (exactly $31,640)
Top 5% $403k (exactly $402,616)
Developers, 2 yr 100
Released games 160
Announced 166
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 20% on the market, supply 105% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Roguelike
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Creature Collector, Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Strategy, RPG
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 11,546 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $3.6k, 1 in 4 over $31k, 1 in 20 over $400k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 166 games are announced against 67 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Perma DeathFair30 devs · median $5.3k · 33 announced
  2. + Bullet HellFair24 devs · median $3.4k · 33 announced
  3. + CapitalismFair38 devs · median $3.2k · 38 announced
  4. + LootFair51 devs · median $2.9k · 67 announced
  5. + IdlerFair248 devs · median $2.1k · 260 announced
  6. + IncrementalFair177 devs · median $1.9k · 191 announced
  7. + Action RoguelikeFair39 devs · median $1.8k · 54 announced
  8. + SpaceFair30 devs · median $1.5k · 39 announced
  9. + ZombiesFair14 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair73 devs · median $629 · 85 announced
  11. + Co-opPoor odds31 devs · median $28k · 82 announced
  12. + Dating SimPoor odds14 devs · median $23k · 43 announced

All 133 pairs on the Creature Collector page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Aethermancer 2025 · EA · $2.0M Decktamer 2025 · $992k Temtem: Swarm 2026 · $969k Patch Quest 2023 · $925k Anomaly President 2026 · EA · $619k
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
Decktamer $15.99 2,069 86% 62k $992k (exactly $992,499) Horizon Edge
Temtem: Swarm $12.99 2,487 77% 75k $969k (exactly $969,184) Crema, GGTech Studios
Patch Quest older $14.99 2,058 94% 62k $925k (exactly $925,483) Lychee Game Labs
Anomaly President · EA $14.99 1,376 91% 41k $619k (exactly $618,787) Phew Phew Games
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) older $4.99 3,780 89% 113k $566k (exactly $565,866) HideChara
Cat God Ranch older $9.99 1,831 92% 55k $549k (exactly $548,751) CrazyPotato Studio
Dinotica $17.99 746 86% 22k $403k (exactly $402,616) XA Studio
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
Morsels $14.99 552 75% 17k $248k (exactly $248,234) Furcula
Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers $9.99 543 65% 16k $163k (exactly $162,737) Dino Rocket
Batomon Showdown $14.99 327 87% 9.8k $147k (exactly $147,052) berrymint
DreamEcho $11.99 369 79% 11k $133k (exactly $132,729) HotWaterStudio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.