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Should I ship a Creature Collector RTS?

RTS + Creature Collector

Only 11 developers shipped a Creature Collector RTS 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, XiuzhenWorld2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.6k against a market of $1.5k. 21 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 890% on the market, 21 announced, ×5.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
RTS + Creature Collector
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $539 → $600 → $628 → $0
Outcomes for RTS + Creature Collector: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $2.6k (exactly $2,637)
Top 25% $7.2k (exactly $7,194)
Top 5% $52k (exactly $52,220)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 33
Announced 21
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.99

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 890% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

RTS
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Creature Collector
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
RTS, Creature Collector
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 74% positive over 228 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $2.6k, 1 in 4 over $7.1k, 1 in 20 over $52k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + RomeFair12 devs · median $64k · 13 announced
  2. + Outbreak SimFair16 devs · median $2.6k · 14 announced
  3. + HorrorFair20 devs · median $2.4k · 27 announced
  4. + NavalFair15 devs · median $2.4k · 21 announced
  5. + TabletopFair25 devs · median $1.9k · 33 announced
  6. + SportsLong shot19 devs · median $861 · 9 announced
  7. + PuzzleLong shot48 devs · median $479 · 40 announced
  8. + World War IIPoor odds23 devs · median $105k · 38 announced
  9. + Real-Time with PausePoor odds28 devs · median $64k · 41 announced
  10. + Open WorldPoor odds45 devs · median $35k · 100 announced
  11. + Colony SimPoor odds87 devs · median $31k · 159 announced
  12. + HistoricalPoor odds108 devs · median $30k · 180 announced

All 149 pairs on the RTS page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Unholy Heights 2013 · $135k XiuzhenWorld2 2024 · $52k Zombie Party 丧尸派对 2024 · $25k Divinity Vassals 2026 · $13k Soul•Apocalypto 2025 · $7.2k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Unholy Heights older $3.99 1,129 90% 34k $135k (exactly $135,141) Petit Depotto
XiuzhenWorld2 $12.99 134 67% 4.0k $52k (exactly $52,220) Noforgetit
Zombie Party 丧尸派对 older $5.99 140 77% 4.2k $25k (exactly $25,158) Joychasing Games
Divinity Vassals $11.99 36 75% 1.1k $13k (exactly $12,949) Yi
Soul•Apocalypto $11.99 20 80% 600 $7.2k (exactly $7,194) 卜乙冈(Ploygon)
Memetric: Classic older $13.99 10 100% 300 $4.2k (exactly $4,197) FatalCage
Drag'N Dungeon $9.99 11 90% 330 $3.3k (exactly $3,297) Demon Girl
Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs $9.99 10 100% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) DevilishGames, Famosa by Giochi Preziosi
Brominion $7.99 11 100% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) Hyralism
Ninja older $10.99 2 0% 60 $659 (exactly $659) Yaremchuk
Relictor · EA $9.99 2 50% 60 $599 (exactly $599) AIMTeam
The Beast King Plan · EA $5.99 1 0% 30 $180 (exactly $180) ShanHai Games
Going Viral $0.99 3 100% 90 $89 (exactly $89) Meninx Games, C. S. Cooper
Teamfight Royale $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Festucs Interactive

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