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Should I ship a Creature Collector Strategy RPG?
Creature Collector + Strategy RPG
Of 48 developers who shipped a Creature Collector Strategy RPG 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.. 107 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×4.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×351 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 107 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $31,640) |
| Top 5% | $221k (exactly $220,579) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 117 |
| Announced | 107 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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 RPG
- 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 RPG; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Strategy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 5,418 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 7 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 107 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 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
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Siralim Ultimate 2021 · $1.3M 
Multiverse Loot Hunter 2025 · $930k 
Fae Tactics 2020 · $702k 
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020 · $566k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Siralim Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 2,145 92% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,286,356) | Thylacine Studios |
| | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
| | Fae Tactics | older | $19.99 | 1,170 86% | 35k | $702k (exactly $701,649) | Endlessfluff Games |
| | Legend Creatures(传奇生物) | older | $4.99 | 3,780 89% | 113k | $566k (exactly $565,866) | HideChara |
 | Siralim 3 | older | $14.99 | 881 94% | 26k | $396k (exactly $396,186) | Thylacine Studios |
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 | Super Bullet Break | older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | BeXide Inc. |
 | The Monster Breeder | $29.99 | 272 91% | 8.2k | $245k (exactly $244,718) | Fantasy Creations | |
 | Undead Horde 2: Necropolis | older | $16.99 | 447 83% | 13k | $228k (exactly $227,836) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Fantasy Idle Dungeon | $9.99 | 736 70% | 22k | $221k (exactly $220,579) | Leaves Games | |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | DreamEcho | $11.99 | 369 79% | 11k | $133k (exactly $132,729) | HotWaterStudio | |
 | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
 | Farmagia | $49.99 | 63 46% | 1.9k | $94k (exactly $94,481) | Marvelous Inc. | |
 | 汉尘：腐草为萤 | · EA | $7.99 | 305 71% | 9.2k | $73k (exactly $73,108) | 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd. |
 | Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime | $16.99 | 143 98% | 4.3k | $73k (exactly $72,887) | Bonte Avond | |
 | Tomomon | $14.99 | 126 70% | 3.8k | $57k (exactly $56,662) | ManicBuild Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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