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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Cyberpunk
Only 19 developers shipped a Cyberpunk 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, Au Revoir, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper, while revenue is up 45% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $13,772) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 45% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Hidden Object; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, FPS
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Anime, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 169 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dating SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + DogsFair
- + RomanceFair
- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day 2016 · $503k 
Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow 2020 · $69k 
NeuraGun 2022 · EA · $59k 
One Way: The Elevator 2020 · $53k 
Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot 2022 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day | older | $9.99 | 1,680 76% | 50k | $503k (exactly $503,496) | ComonGames |
| | Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow | older | $14.99 | 153 74% | 4.6k | $69k (exactly $68,804) | Brave Giant LTD |
| | NeuraGun | · EA older | $9.99 | 196 81% | 5.9k | $59k (exactly $58,741) | Whale Rock Games |
| | One Way: The Elevator | older | $3.99 | 441 94% | 13k | $53k (exactly $52,788) | Cotton Game |
| | Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot | older | $12.99 | 111 90% | 3.3k | $43k (exactly $43,257) | Nudiventra |
 | Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals | older | $4.99 | 265 61% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | · |
 | VICCP | older | $4.99 | 170 68% | 5.1k | $25k (exactly $25,449) | quasardeep |
 | TEMPUS | older | $6.99 | 68 75% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $14,260) | k148 Game Studio |
 | Au Revoir | $4.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | Invisible Studio | |
 | The Overlord Isn't Another Isekai Protagonist, Is He? | · EA older | $9.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | PinkChinChin |
 | Money And Lady | 财貌双全 | $9.99 | 20 35% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Happy DLC Studio | |
 | Venator Universe | · EA | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Fullset Gaming |
 | Lullabies Made of Static | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Texhno Studios | |
 | Augmented Fear | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | OneFurInTheBox | |
 | Jaws of Hell | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Starving Lama Games | |
 | Odd Machines: Mechanical Boxes | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | XSGames | |
 | The Ape Tales: An Epic Adventure Game | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Roker Games Studio | |
 | Cardio | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Mat'ndCo | |
 | Aegis Protocol | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Reliq |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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