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Should I ship a Walking Simulator Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Walking Simulator
Of 22 developers who shipped a Walking Simulator 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.. 30 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 $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×241 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 30 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) |
| Top 5% | $151k (exactly $151,251) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Walking Simulator
- 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, Walking Simulator; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,394 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 11 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
Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator 2026 · EA · $267k 
Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game 2022 · $266k 
Psalm 5:9-13 2024 · $222k 
Paradise Marsh 2022 · $190k 
Psalm 2 2026 · $151k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 446 76% | 13k | $267k (exactly $267,466) | To-Go Games |
| | Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game | older | $19.99 | 443 94% | 13k | $266k (exactly $265,667) | Sundae Month |
| | Psalm 5:9-13 | older | $3.99 | 1,852 83% | 56k | $222k (exactly $221,684) | N4bA, Notex, a1esska |
| | Paradise Marsh | older | $14.99 | 422 96% | 13k | $190k (exactly $189,773) | LazyEti |
| | Psalm 2 | $7.99 | 631 88% | 19k | $151k (exactly $151,251) | Notex, a1esska, N4bA | |
 | Uninvited Guest | older | $9.99 | 322 73% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | AdroVGames |
 | Sea Chronicles | $9.99 | 154 90% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $46,154) | Madi Abdykarimov | |
 | Morels: The Hunt 2 | older | $19.99 | 73 90% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $43,778) | Abrams Studios |
 | Flutter Away | older | $12.99 | 99 87% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,580) | Runaway Play |
 | Russian Hunter | older | $24.99 | 41 39% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Placid Plastic Duck VR | · EA | $7.99 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,704) | turbolento games |
 | Crabs | · EA | $11.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Breaker Game Studios |
 | Ryder | $19.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Yellow Tree Games | |
 | Platform 6 ONLINE | 6番線オンライン協力異変探し | $9.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | MFC STUDIO, SHINISE GAMES, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | The Jester | $3.99 | 42 69% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | Psycho | |
 | Idyllic cats: Japan | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | GameRED indie | |
 | Egglings | $2.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Maurice Huchler |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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