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Should I ship a Creature Collector CRPG?
CRPG + Creature Collector
Only 19 developers shipped a Creature Collector 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, LumenTale: Memories of Trey, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $840k, ×566 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,696) |
| Top 5% | $847k (exactly $847,161) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 up 145% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Creature Collector; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Open World, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,713 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
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
LumenTale: Memories of Trey 2026 · $847k 
Halcyon Days at Taoyuan 2026 · $392k 
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen 2021 · $213k 
Geneforge 1 2001 · $194k 
Start an egg 2023 · EA · $159k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LumenTale: Memories of Trey | $24.99 | 1,130 70% | 34k | $847k (exactly $847,161) | Beehive Studios | |
| | Halcyon Days at Taoyuan | $11.99 | 1,089 89% | 33k | $392k (exactly $391,713) | BotanX | |
| | Geneforge 1 - Mutagen | older | $19.99 | 355 93% | 11k | $213k (exactly $212,893) | Spiderweb Software |
| | Geneforge 1 | older | $19.99 | 324 91% | 9.7k | $194k (exactly $194,303) | Spiderweb Software |
| | Start an egg | · EA older | $15.99 | 332 77% | 10k | $159k (exactly $159,260) | Ting Game |
 | Border Town | $14.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $113,774) | GoHoGames | |
 | Geneforge 5: Overthrow | older | $19.99 | 100 95% | 3.0k | $60k (exactly $59,970) | Spiderweb Software |
 | XiuzhenWorld2 | $12.99 | 134 67% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Noforgetit | |
 | Geneforge 2 | older | $19.99 | 73 89% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $43,778) | Spiderweb Software |
 | Geneforge 3 | older | $19.99 | 48 87% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Spiderweb Software |
 | WarOfGods 2 | $29.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Mensa World | |
 | Gloamvault | $9.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Grave Hammer Games | |
 | Sauna of the DEAD | $6.99 | 35 97% | 1.1k | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) | Finger tip | |
 | MonGirl Conquest | · EA | $19.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Yeehaw Games |
 | Drowning Ashes | · EA | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Elston Studios |
 | Throne Requiem | $19.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Michael Richard Lannon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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