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Should I ship a Hidden Object 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Hidden Object
Only 10 developers shipped a Hidden Object 2D Fighter 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, Dream Adventurer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $987 (exactly $987) |
| Top 5% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 500% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 82% positive over 39 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Slime Dungeon 2022 · EA · $32k 
Pixel Pirate 2022 · $10k 
Worker Riot 2022 · $8.2k 
Dream Adventurer 2026 · $2.4k 
Assassin Of Aliens 2026 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Slime Dungeon | · EA older | $29.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $32k (exactly $32,389) | Irinkutor |
| | Pixel Pirate | older | $24.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | Stas Paty9mkin |
| | Worker Riot | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Dream Adventurer | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Spring Tree Work | |
| | Assassin Of Aliens | $3.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Saylor Games | |
 | Pirate Guy | $2.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Cow Games | |
 | The Ape Tales: An Epic Adventure Game | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Roker Games Studio | |
 | Adventures Of Two Foxes | older | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | X-FurNI |
 | Unusual Ghost | older | $0.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Gamesforgames |
 | Plattis | $1.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Bonittor Games | |
 | SpyGuys | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Olly | |
 | Battleships Combat: Evolved | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Mantegral Studio | |
 | Angela Is A Bitxx | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Primary Chicken Studio | |
 | ZERRE | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Soloris Production | |
 | Valkeala Adventure | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Valkeala Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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