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Should I ship a Collectathon CRPG?
CRPG + Collectathon
Only 11 developers shipped a Collectathon CRPG 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, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $780k, ×526 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 25% | $52k (exactly $52,220) |
| Top 5% | $788k (exactly $788,203) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Collectathon
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,276 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection 2026 · $788k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 2020 · $275k 
硬币与仙人掌 (Coins & Wishpalm) 2025 · $144k 
XiuzhenWorld2 2024 · $52k 
SOULVARS 2023 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection | $39.99 | 657 96% | 20k | $788k (exactly $788,203) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 | older | $4.99 | 1,840 94% | 55k | $275k (exactly $275,448) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | 硬币与仙人掌 (Coins & Wishpalm) | $13.99 | 343 77% | 10k | $144k (exactly $143,957) | Moshow Games | |
| | XiuzhenWorld2 | $12.99 | 134 67% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Noforgetit | |
| | SOULVARS | older | $16.99 | 70 78% | 2.1k | $36k (exactly $35,679) | ginolabo, SUCCESS Corp. |
 | The Pleasuremancer | · EA older | $19.99 | 49 89% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | Mirrodin |
 | Fit For a King | older | $9.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | Brent Ellison, Tanya X. Short |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | AFKandia - Epoch of Idle | $5.99 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | Yang++ Game Studio | |
 | ちょこナナ | older | $24.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Asuka Watanabe |
 | Card Streamer Simulator | $2.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Scissors Game | |
 | スローライフサバイバー／SlowLife Survivor | $6.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MIZUBLUE GAMES | |
 | Dream Dazia | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | CosmoRetro Studios LLC | |
 | Astral Alchemist ~Stardust & Shenanigans~ | · EA | $6.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Lophophora Games |
 | Digital Waste | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Kevin Du, ChatGPT, Codex |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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