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Should I ship a Visual Novel Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Visual Novel
Of 25 developers who shipped a Visual Novel 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.. 35 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $540k, ×869 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 35 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $15,285) |
| Top 5% | $545k (exactly $545,486) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 72 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector, Visual Novel; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Dating Sim, RPG
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Anime, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 5,400 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 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 
Soul Hackers 2 2022 · $4.1M 
Promise Mascot Agency 2025 · $1.9M 
JASON, Coming of Age 2025 · $545k 
My Lovely Wife 2022 · $308k | 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. |
| | Soul Hackers 2 | older | $59.99 | 2,300 65% | 69k | $4.1M (exactly $4,139,310) | ATLUS |
| | Promise Mascot Agency | $24.99 | 2,569 96% | 77k | $1.9M (exactly $1,925,979) | Kaizen Game Works | |
| | JASON, Coming of Age | $14.99 | 1,213 83% | 36k | $545k (exactly $545,486) | Coeur de cochon | |
| | My Lovely Wife | older | $14.99 | 685 74% | 21k | $308k (exactly $308,044) | GameChanger Studio, Toge Productions |
 | Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World | older | $19.99 | 184 82% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | AQUAPLUS |
 | Chicken Hill | $2.99 | 1,134 99% | 34k | $102k (exactly $101,720) | 梗立游戏 | |
 | Lust Arcanum | $17.99 | 184 75% | 5.5k | $99k (exactly $99,305) | GigiBee, Karne | |
 | Dragon Spirits 2 | older | $13.99 | 137 84% | 4.1k | $57k (exactly $57,499) | FHNBHJ |
 | Final Stardust: Cosmic Nexus | older | $14.99 | 72 75% | 2.2k | $32k (exactly $32,378) | NourSaiFR |
 | 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 | |
 | Hentai Dates | $9.99 | 51 66% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | Fantasy Games | |
 | Damsels in Distress | $8.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $9.7k (exactly $9,709) | Anime Mania | |
 | Tame Me Hard! | $10.99 | 28 57% | 840 | $9.2k (exactly $9,232) | IniBugyo | |
 | NTR LIFE | $3.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) | Jpegsama |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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