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Should I ship a Card Game Hidden Object?
Card Game + Hidden Object
Only 17 developers shipped a Card Game 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, Pic-Me!, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 300% on the market; 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $537 (exactly $537) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) |
| Top 5% | $75k (exactly $75,282) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 137 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 300% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Card Game, Hidden Object; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Stylized, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 614 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Card Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Board GameFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Dating SimPoor odds
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Comparable games
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016 · $87k 
Pic-Me! 2024 · $75k 
Cards of the Dead 2021 · $23k 
Spider Roulette 2026 · $21k 
Zombie Solitaire 2014 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
| | Pic-Me! | $6.99 | 359 83% | 11k | $75k (exactly $75,282) | GoofGames | |
| | Cards of the Dead | older | $7.99 | 95 75% | 2.9k | $23k (exactly $22,772) | Boomfire Games |
| | Spider Roulette | $4.99 | 143 91% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,407) | Kud | |
| | Zombie Solitaire | older | $8.99 | 73 76% | 2.2k | $20k (exactly $19,688) | rokaplay |
 | Mystery Solitaire The Black Raven | older | $14.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Somer Games |
 | Animals Memory: Cats | older | $3.99 | 78 84% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Buddy and Lucky Solitaire | older | $2.99 | 97 82% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Snow White Solitaire. Charmed Kingdom | older | $6.99 | 35 88% | 1.1k | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) | DigiMight |
 | Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator | $6.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Violet Soft | |
 | Adult spirit | $3.99 | 52 84% | 1.6k | $6.2k (exactly $6,224) | Inspite, W-I-W | |
 | Seven Seas Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $15.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Jixo: Summer Dreams Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Jixo 4: Magical Nights Collector’s Edition | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Cursed House 7 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
 | Cursed House 8 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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