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Should I ship a Science Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Science
Only 19 developers shipped a Science 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, Horsey Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 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 $4.4k, ×7.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $870k, ×1389 the market median. Revenue is up 7075% on the market; 30 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $65,335) |
| Top 5% | $872k (exactly $872,427) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 30 |
| 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 7075% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Science
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Life Sim, Simulation, Collectathon
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 4,710 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Horsey Game 2026 · $872k 
Fish Game 2023 · $442k 
Monster Lab Simulator 2026 · EA · $197k 
Bugaboo Pocket 2025 · $180k 
Evolution Board Game 2019 · $156k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horsey Game | $9.99 | 2,911 97% | 87k | $872k (exactly $872,427) | Captain Games | |
| | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
| | Monster Lab Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 505 70% | 15k | $197k (exactly $196,798) | Round 3 Studios |
| | Bugaboo Pocket | $19.99 | 300 86% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | Elytra Games | |
| | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
 | Honeycomb: The World Beyond | $29.99 | 138 65% | 4.1k | $124k (exactly $124,159) | Frozen Way | |
 | Creatura | older | $14.99 | 214 67% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $96,236) | Koksny.com |
 | Bug & Seek | older | $14.99 | 203 90% | 6.1k | $91k (exactly $91,289) | So Peculiar |
 | The Bibites: Digital Life | · EA | $9.99 | 218 96% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | Omnia Studios |
 | My Little Spider | $4.99 | 389 94% | 12k | $58k (exactly $58,233) | 9FingerGames, Fatal Fawn Games | |
 | Rat Overflow | · EA | $5.99 | 60 88% | 1.8k | $11k (exactly $10,782) | Little Beast Lab |
 | Rare Rabbits - Snuggle Haven | · EA | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | THOMIC |
 | GLOOPALAXY | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Felis Major | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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