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Should I ship a Trading Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Trading
Only 14 developers shipped a paid Trading 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, Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 47 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $760k, ×1212 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 47 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,485) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $73k (exactly $72,887) |
| Top 5% | $761k (exactly $760,834) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 47 |
| 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 up 45% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 44%, 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
- Trading
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Trading; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Collectathon
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 4,446 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 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
Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping 2025 · $761k 
Lugh World 2026 · EA · $206k 
GeckoShop 2026 · $102k 
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime 2026 · $73k 
NTR LIFE 2025 · $8.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping | $7.49 | 3,386 95% | 102k | $761k (exactly $760,834) | Lunheim Studios | |
| | Lugh World | · EA | $14.99 | 458 68% | 14k | $206k (exactly $205,963) | Lughsoft |
| | GeckoShop | $9.99 | 342 66% | 10k | $102k (exactly $102,497) | Reptoid | |
| | Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime | $16.99 | 143 98% | 4.3k | $73k (exactly $72,887) | Bonte Avond | |
| | NTR LIFE | $3.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) | Jpegsama | |
 | Rare Rabbits - Snuggle Haven | · EA | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | THOMIC |
 | Floating Islands of Nucifera | · EA older | $14.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Odooh Games |
 | The EverFloating Island | $19.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | GU GAMES | |
 | 岛与工厂 Island And Factories | older | $9.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | 攀爬者工作室 |
 | Aqua Pals | · EA older | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Matthew B, Linda F |
 | Soulreign | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Berraco | |
 | Monster Shop Simulator | $4.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | For Fun Games | |
 | Onyx | · EA | $9.90 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,485) | Dark Matter |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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