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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Hidden Object?
Co-op Campaign + Hidden Object
Only 10 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign 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, How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper, while revenue is up 35% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $62,742) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op Campaign
- effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 79% positive over 203 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
How 2 Escape 2023 · $267k 
Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist 2022 · $116k 
First Class Escape: The Train of Thought 2021 · $97k 
First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds 2022 · $63k 
How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine 2025 · $63k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | How 2 Escape | older | $12.99 | 684 71% | 21k | $267k (exactly $266,555) | Breakfirst Games |
| | Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist | older | $7.99 | 482 85% | 14k | $116k (exactly $115,535) | 0 Deer Soft |
| | First Class Escape: The Train of Thought | older | $6.99 | 464 69% | 14k | $97k (exactly $97,301) | 0 Deer Soft |
| | First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds | older | $7.99 | 262 81% | 7.9k | $63k (exactly $62,801) | 0 Deer Soft |
| | How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine | $12.99 | 161 83% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Breakfirst Games | |
 | Rooms of Realities | older | $17.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $29k (exactly $28,604) | Bluekey |
 | Unbearable | older | $7.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) | Farelas |
 | Anomaly Living | $6.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | TreekSamrix | |
 | DEEPLY | · EA | $2.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | TWEN |
 | The Anomaly Department | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Buder Games | |
 | Vanova's Stories | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Madgik Yarn Studio | |
 | Bot & Tic | · EA | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Twinties |
 | Fun Road | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | RMIT | |
 | Divine Ruins | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Blank Page Games |
 | Project Microchip | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Gustsoft | |
 | Escape Hades's jails VR | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 1mPaCt' (JSD), DasProfGames (AL) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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