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Should I ship a Creature Collector Turn-Based Tactics?
Creature Collector + Turn-Based Tactics
Of 66 developers who shipped a Creature Collector Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 157 more are announced, ×5.6 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 $840; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×390 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 157 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $839 (exactly $839) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $32,828) |
| Top 5% | $245k (exactly $244,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 66 |
| Released games | 153 |
| Announced | 157 |
| 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 55% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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 Tactics
- 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 Tactics; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 8,340 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 7 in 10 of the 40 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 157 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 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
Temtem 2022 · $42M 
Monster Sanctuary 2020 · $6.2M 
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince 2024 · $1.4M 
Beastieball 2024 · EA · $1.1M 
Bloomtown: A Different Story 2024 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Temtem | older | $44.99 | 31,263 82% | 938k | $42M (exactly $42,195,671) | Crema |
| | Monster Sanctuary | older | $19.99 | 10,416 91% | 312k | $6.2M (exactly $6,246,475) | moi rai games |
| | DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince | older | $39.99 | 1,158 71% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,389,253) | Square Enix |
| | Beastieball | · EA | $24.99 | 1,483 97% | 44k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,805) | Wishes Ultd. |
| | Bloomtown: A Different Story | $24.99 | 1,428 85% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,070,572) | Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games | |
 | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
 | Fae Tactics | older | $19.99 | 1,170 86% | 35k | $702k (exactly $701,649) | Endlessfluff Games |
 | Legend Creatures(传奇生物) | older | $4.99 | 3,780 89% | 113k | $566k (exactly $565,866) | HideChara |
 | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
 | Super Bullet Break | older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | BeXide Inc. |
 | The Monster Breeder | $29.99 | 272 91% | 8.2k | $245k (exactly $244,718) | Fantasy Creations | |
 | Mamon King | $12.99 | 603 90% | 18k | $235k (exactly $234,989) | LiTMUS Co., Ltd. | |
 | Fantasy Idle Dungeon | $9.99 | 736 70% | 22k | $221k (exactly $220,579) | Leaves Games | |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters | $11.99 | 357 79% | 11k | $128k (exactly $128,413) | dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Portal Fantasy | $14.99 | 210 62% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Portal Fantasy | |
 | Montabi | $19.99 | 123 95% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Mankibo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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