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Should I ship a Creature Collector Strategy game?
Creature Collector + Strategy
Of 205 developers who shipped a Creature Collector Strategy game 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.. 394 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×374 the market median. Revenue is up 25% on the market; 394 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,182) |
| Top 5% | $235k (exactly $234,989) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 205 |
| Released games | 486 |
| Announced | 394 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 25% 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
- Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Strategy; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Simulation, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 18,232 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 113 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 394 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different second tag, 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
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition 2019 · $16M 
Monster Sanctuary 2020 · $6.2M 
Epic Battle Fantasy 5 2018 · $4.2M 
Coromon 2022 · $3.8M 
Megaquarium 2018 · $2.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 10,810 89% | 324k | $16M (exactly $16,211,757) | h.a.n.d., Inc., Media.Vision Inc. |
| | Monster Sanctuary | older | $19.99 | 10,416 91% | 312k | $6.2M (exactly $6,246,475) | moi rai games |
| | Epic Battle Fantasy 5 | older | $24.99 | 5,647 98% | 169k | $4.2M (exactly $4,233,556) | Matt Roszak |
| | Coromon | older | $19.99 | 6,327 85% | 190k | $3.8M (exactly $3,794,302) | TRAGsoft |
| | Megaquarium | older | $24.99 | 3,444 95% | 103k | $2.6M (exactly $2,581,967) | Twice Circled |
 | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
 | Let's Build a Zoo | older | $19.99 | 3,722 89% | 112k | $2.2M (exactly $2,232,083) | Springloaded |
 | WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY® | older | $24.99 | 2,892 76% | 87k | $2.2M (exactly $2,168,132) | Square Enix |
 | Aethermancer | · EA | $25.99 | 2,585 91% | 78k | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) | moi rai games |
 | Yaoling: Mythical Journey | $19.99 | 2,854 90% | 86k | $1.7M (exactly $1,711,544) | RAYKA STUDIO | |
 | Decktamer | $15.99 | 2,069 86% | 62k | $992k (exactly $992,499) | Horizon Edge | |
 | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
 | Kabuto Park | $4.99 | 4,329 99% | 130k | $648k (exactly $648,051) | Doot | |
 | Spirit Valley | $14.99 | 1,203 89% | 36k | $541k (exactly $540,989) | Otterside Games | |
 | Dinotica | $17.99 | 746 86% | 22k | $403k (exactly $402,616) | XA Studio | |
 | CleanFall | · EA | $19.99 | 492 92% | 15k | $295k (exactly $295,052) | Humanyoyo |
 | Your Big, Cute Monster Farm | $7.99 | 1,097 78% | 33k | $263k (exactly $262,951) | KaiPlay Studio | |
 | The Monster Breeder | $29.99 | 272 91% | 8.2k | $245k (exactly $244,718) | Fantasy Creations |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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