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Should I ship an Assassin Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Assassins
Only 14 developers shipped an Assassin Hidden Object 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, The Lacerator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $48k, ×32 the market median. Revenue is up 1155% on the market; 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Top 5% | $48k (exactly $48,252) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 1155% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Hidden Object
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 402 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
West Hunt 2023 · $456k 
マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年 2023 · $149k 
The Lacerator 2025 · $48k 
Geometric Sniper 2020 · $25k 
1953 - KGB Unleashed 2013 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | West Hunt | older | $9.99 | 1,522 84% | 46k | $456k (exactly $456,143) | NewGen |
| | マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年 | older | $19.99 | 249 85% | 7.5k | $149k (exactly $149,325) | 213℉ |
| | The Lacerator | $9.99 | 161 99% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $48,252) | Games From The Abyss | |
| | Geometric Sniper | older | $2.99 | 282 84% | 8.5k | $25k (exactly $25,295) | YAW Studios |
| | 1953 - KGB Unleashed | older | $2.99 | 218 63% | 6.5k | $20k (exactly $19,555) | · |
 | 8AM | older | $3.99 | 130 73% | 3.9k | $16k (exactly $15,561) | David Gallardo |
 | 烧尾宴 | $8.99 | 52 75% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | 有点正经 | |
 | Immortal Mantis | older | $1.99 | 226 94% | 6.8k | $13k (exactly $13,492) | Bitlife |
 | 超探偵シャーロックちゃん ～掟破りのミスディレクション～ | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | おんねんちゃんねる | |
 | Worker Riot | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | CrimeBot 2: Detective Mystery Games | $7.99 | 24 50% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | RoboBot Studio | |
 | 8AM: The Swimming Pool | $3.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | David Gallardo | |
 | 8AM: The Office | $3.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | David Gallardo | |
 | Bloody Hills | $5.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Bloody Pitchfork Games | |
 | 8AM: The Shopping Mall | $3.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | David Gallardo | |
 | Good Human | $1.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) | Ramanaraz | |
 | 8AM: The Subway | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | David Gallardo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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