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Should I ship a Creature Collector Sports game?
Sports + Creature Collector
Only 19 developers shipped a Creature Collector Sports game 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, Cast n Chill, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×4.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $3.7M, ×6003 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,072) |
| Top 5% | $3.8M (exactly $3,769,835) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 50% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Creature Collector; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Character Customization, Desktop Companion
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 10,718 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + FMVFair
- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Cast n Chill 2025 · $3.8M 
Beastieball 2024 · EA · $1.1M 
LurkBait Twitch Fishing 2024 · $115k 
PropHunter 2021 · EA · $110k 
Duck Life 9: The Flock 2024 · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cast n Chill | $14.99 | 8,383 94% | 251k | $3.8M (exactly $3,769,835) | Wombat Brawler | |
| | Beastieball | · EA | $24.99 | 1,483 97% | 44k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,805) | Wishes Ultd. |
| | LurkBait Twitch Fishing | older | $7.00 | 548 87% | 16k | $115k (exactly $115,080) | BLAMCAM Interactive |
| | PropHunter | · EA older | $3.99 | 917 79% | 28k | $110k (exactly $109,765) | Alone Fox Games |
| | Duck Life 9: The Flock | older | $9.99 | 190 83% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wix Games |
 | Claw Machine Sim | older | $6.99 | 238 94% | 7.1k | $50k (exactly $49,909) | Unechte Sachen |
 | Duck Life 4 | older | $4.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $39k (exactly $39,072) | Wix Games |
 | Desktop Fishing | $3.49 | 333 91% | 10k | $35k (exactly $34,865) | Ostend Games | |
 | Basketboy's Adventure | $9.99 | 78 78% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,377) | greenteagame1 | |
 | PuckOFF | older | $19.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Kuura Playhouse |
 | Witchy Wonderland | $4.99 | 94 94% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $14,072) | Cow Games | |
 | Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge | $4.99 | 72 72% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $10,778) | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Easy Running | $8.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | LUO WENJUN | |
 | Gladiator Fights | $0.99 | 99 86% | 3.0k | $2.9k (exactly $2,940) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Camelbirds | $5.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | 5Centov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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