Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Supernatural Creature Collector?

Creature Collector + Supernatural

Only 8 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×33 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 33 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.9 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 33 announced, ×33 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Creature Collector + Supernatural
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 8
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.5k → $921 → $2.4k
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Supernatural: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 8
Bottom 30% $718 (exactly $718)
Median $1.2k (exactly $1,199)
Top 25% $24k (exactly $24,401)
Top 5% $1.6M (exactly $1,567,186)
Developers, 2 yr 8
Released games 30
Announced 33
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 85% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, 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
Supernatural
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Creature Collector
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,312 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $720, median $1.2k, 1 in 4 over $24k, 1 in 20 over $1.5M.

3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×33 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different setting or mood, 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

Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army $49.99 1,045 93% 31k $1.6M (exactly $1,567,186) ATLUS
Creature Lab older $19.99 343 51% 10k $206k (exactly $205,697) Image Power S.A.
Isle of Pan older $19.99 41 97% 1.2k $25k (exactly $24,588) Dogū
Security: The Horrible Nights $4.99 163 88% 4.9k $24k (exactly $24,401) Professional Villains
Breath of Ghosts older $24.99 32 37% 960 $24k (exactly $23,990) Piece Of Voxel
Let Me Out older $9.99 76 81% 2.3k $23k (exactly $22,777) 4Happy Studio
100 hidden snails 2 older $0.99 556 94% 17k $17k (exactly $16,513) Anatoliy Loginovskikh
The Curse Of Mantras older $24.99 14 71% 420 $10k (exactly $10,496) Winter Wolves
Stardander School for Witches · EA older $19.99 14 100% 420 $8.4k (exactly $8,396) Fancy Fish Games
[Neolithic]To the End · EA older $6.99 28 82% 840 $5.9k (exactly $5,872) orochi2k
Tribal Ritual $4.99 16 75% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) TheBigO Games
Chronicles of Veldoria · EA $9.99 4 100% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) Next Level Gaming
Puppet Seed $8.99 3 0% 90 $809 (exactly $809) Moosopolis Games
Rogumon · EA $2.99 8 100% 240 $718 (exactly $718) xalfer
My Lil Afterlife $3.99 3 66% 90 $359 (exactly $359) JSquared Games
Prince Arthur Monsters of Albion $4.99 1 0% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Jason Bowen, Oliver Chappell

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