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Should I ship a Creature Collector Turn-Based game?

Creature Collector + Turn-Based

Only 16 developers shipped a Creature Collector Turn-Based game 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, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $13k, ×20 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $11M, ×18740 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 20.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 21 announced, ×2.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Creature Collector + Turn-Based
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $33k → $41k → $5.4k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Creature Collector + Turn-Based: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $5.4k (exactly $5,397)
Median $13k (exactly $12,592)
Top 25% $79k (exactly $79,499)
Top 5% $12M (exactly $11,768,818)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 57
Announced 21
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $14.99

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 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 2%, 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
Turn-Based
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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, Turn-Based
Price point
$14.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 81% positive over 9,066 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $5.4k, median $13k, 1 in 4 over $79k, 1 in 20 over $11M.

3 in 10 developers made under $5.4k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Creature Collector with a different second tag, 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

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition 2019 · $16M Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin 2021 · $14M Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 2024 · $14M Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection 2026 · $12M Monster Sanctuary 2020 · $6.2M
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 Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin older $39.99 11,845 82% 355k $14M (exactly $14,210,446) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance older $59.99 7,858 91% 236k $14M (exactly $14,142,043) ATLUS
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection $69.99 5,605 77% 168k $12M (exactly $11,768,818) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Monster Sanctuary older $19.99 10,416 91% 312k $6.2M (exactly $6,246,475) moi rai games
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered older $49.99 4,023 83% 121k $6.0M (exactly $6,033,293) LEVEL5 Inc., QLOC
Epic Battle Fantasy 5 older $24.99 5,647 98% 169k $4.2M (exactly $4,233,556) Matt Roszak
Soul Hackers 2 older $59.99 2,300 65% 69k $4.1M (exactly $4,139,310) ATLUS
Coromon older $19.99 6,327 85% 190k $3.8M (exactly $3,794,302) TRAGsoft
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
The Monster Breeder $29.99 272 91% 8.2k $245k (exactly $244,718) Fantasy Creations
Dragon Eclipse $12.99 204 60% 6.1k $79k (exactly $79,499) Fardust
Tomomon $14.99 126 70% 3.8k $57k (exactly $56,662) ManicBuild Studio
Voidsayer $14.99 91 69% 2.7k $41k (exactly $40,923) Pavel Auseitasau
Necro Story $14.99 73 89% 2.2k $33k (exactly $32,828) Rablo Games
Blue Hunter $14.99 28 85% 840 $13k (exactly $12,592) NourSaiFR
Doodle Dice Monsters $5.99 60 75% 1.8k $11k (exactly $10,782) AuWiMo, Mighty Jungle Games
Primal Fray $11.99 22 81% 660 $7.9k (exactly $7,913) Imago

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