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Should I ship a Creature Collector Turn-Based Strategy?
Creature Collector + Turn-Based Strategy
Of 81 developers who shipped a Creature Collector Turn-Based Strategy 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.. 160 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×204 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 160 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $297 (exactly $297) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,868) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $128,413) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 81 |
| Released games | 178 |
| Announced | 160 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 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, Turn-Based Strategy; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, RPG, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 5,576 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 40 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 160 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition 2019 · $16M 
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 2024 · $14M 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Yarimono 2024 · $3.0M 
Decktamer 2025 · $992k | 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. |
| | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | older | $59.99 | 7,858 91% | 236k | $14M (exactly $14,142,043) | ATLUS |
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Yarimono | older | $24.99 | 4,011 86% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $3,007,047) | にゅう工房 |
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 | Siralim 3 | older | $14.99 | 881 94% | 26k | $396k (exactly $396,186) | Thylacine Studios |
 | Dicefolk | older | $14.99 | 867 89% | 26k | $390k (exactly $389,890) | LEAP Game Studios, Tiny Ghoul |
 | Super Bullet Break | older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | BeXide Inc. |
 | Fantasy Idle Dungeon | $9.99 | 736 70% | 22k | $221k (exactly $220,579) | Leaves Games | |
 | Dokimon Quest | $14.99 | 393 75% | 12k | $177k (exactly $176,732) | Yanako RPGs | |
 | NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters | $11.99 | 357 79% | 11k | $128k (exactly $128,413) | dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Montabi | $19.99 | 123 95% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Mankibo | |
 | Water Margin Scrolls | $9.99 | 244 40% | 7.3k | $73k (exactly $73,127) | QingHe Games | |
 | Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime | $16.99 | 143 98% | 4.3k | $73k (exactly $72,887) | Bonte Avond | |
 | Sculplings | $10.99 | 179 99% | 5.4k | $59k (exactly $59,016) | Conor Garity, Liam Kerrigan | |
 | Isle of Swaps | $14.99 | 129 90% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Fuzz Force |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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