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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Score Attack Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Score Attack

Of 26 developers who shipped a Score Attack 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.. 61 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $5.9k, ×9.4 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 61 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 45% on the market, 61 announced, ×3.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Creature Collector + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $238 → $1.1k → $3.3k → $1.1k → $683 → $1.8k (still earning) → $148 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $479 (exactly $479)
Median $1.0k (exactly $1,015)
Top 25% $3.4k (exactly $3,356)
Top 5% $5.9k (exactly $5,930)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 209
Announced 61
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $1.99

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 45% on the market, supply 35% more 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 medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Creature Collector
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Score Attack
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, Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Point & Click, Roguelike
Price point
$1.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Cozy
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 2,970 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $480, median $1.0k, 1 in 4 over $3.3k, 1 in 20 over $5.9k.

3 in 10 developers made under $480. 9 in 10 of the 60 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 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

Temtem: Swarm 2026 · $969k Treasure Chest Clicker 2023 · $49k Huge Jaws 2022 · $17k 100 hidden fish 2022 · $15k 101 Cats 2024 · $7.0k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Temtem: Swarm $12.99 2,487 77% 75k $969k (exactly $969,184) Crema, GGTech Studios
Treasure Chest Clicker older $3.99 408 82% 12k $49k (exactly $48,838) Simon Eftestol
Huge Jaws older $24.99 23 65% 690 $17k (exactly $17,243) Piece Of Voxel
100 hidden fish older $0.99 499 95% 15k $15k (exactly $14,820) Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov
101 Cats older $0.99 236 85% 7.1k $7.0k (exactly $7,009) NaipSoft
100 Cats London $1.99 111 96% 3.3k $6.6k (exactly $6,627) 100 Cats
100 Aztec Cats $1.99 109 89% 3.3k $6.5k (exactly $6,507) 100 Cozy Games, Cats
Erogoddess: Mirage $5.99 33 96% 990 $5.9k (exactly $5,930) Moobly
Dino Tower Arena $3.99 44 100% 1.3k $5.3k (exactly $5,267) OsKkarz_
Fishing Mega-Game $4.99 29 89% 870 $4.3k (exactly $4,341) Peep
Wrangle Ranch $5.99 21 95% 630 $3.8k (exactly $3,774) BenBonk, XraiDev
CatCha $9.99 12 100% 360 $3.6k (exactly $3,596) Claw Games
100 Cats Singapore $0.99 113 93% 3.4k $3.4k (exactly $3,356) 100 Cats
Idyllic cats: Japan $9.99 11 100% 330 $3.3k (exactly $3,297) GameRED indie

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