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Should I ship a Time Management Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Time Management
Of 45 developers who shipped a Time Management 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×278 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 61 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $208 (exactly $208) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,777) |
| Top 5% | $175k (exactly $174,680) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 82 |
| Announced | 61 |
| 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 down 15% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Time Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Simulation, Point & Click
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Relaxing, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 4,856 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 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
Bloomtown: A Different Story 2024 · $1.1M 
Birdwatching Notebook 2026 · $476k 
Fantasy Aquarium 2024 · $175k 
Joyquarium 2025 · $85k 
Dragon Creek 2021 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bloomtown: A Different Story | $24.99 | 1,428 85% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,070,572) | Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games | |
| | Birdwatching Notebook | $9.99 | 1,588 97% | 48k | $476k (exactly $475,924) | Biekka Games | |
| | Fantasy Aquarium | $6.99 | 833 79% | 25k | $175k (exactly $174,680) | MOON SCAPE | |
| | Joyquarium | $5.99 | 475 90% | 14k | $85k (exactly $85,358) | Easyfun Studio | |
| | Dragon Creek | older | $14.99 | 133 87% | 4.0k | $60k (exactly $59,810) | ∇ |
 | Duck Life 4 | older | $4.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $39k (exactly $39,072) | Wix Games |
 | Desktop Kitten Girl | $3.99 | 277 86% | 8.3k | $33k (exactly $33,157) | KDream | |
 | Project Of Cooling The Earth | older | $4.99 | 120 72% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $17,964) | 人鱼工作室 |
 | 宠物街金鱼姬 Pet Street Story | $8.99 | 61 98% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,452) | 小鲤应援会 | |
 | Stuff It! | $9.99 | 54 87% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | BONNISOFT | |
 | Plush Parade | $9.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Cozy Bee Games | |
 | Birdfull | $4.99 | 62 96% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | BurGum Games | |
 | Tiny Birdtopia | $8.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) | Burning Star |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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