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Should I ship a Hidden Object God Game?
God Game + Hidden Object
Only 11 developers shipped a Hidden Object God Game 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, Stonemachia, 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, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $740k, ×1188 the market median. Revenue is up 685% on the market; 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) |
| Top 5% | $746k (exactly $746,027) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 685% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 1,322 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Stonemachia 2026 · $746k 
İBLİS2:sorcery 2022 · $29k 
Lost Angel 2021 · $26k 
Chaperone 2023 · $14k 
The Savior's Gang 2019 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stonemachia | $19.99 | 1,244 95% | 37k | $746k (exactly $746,027) | Crossfall Games | |
| | İBLİS2:sorcery | older | $7.99 | 122 36% | 3.7k | $29k (exactly $29,243) | Bulut ULU |
| | Lost Angel | older | $19.99 | 43 58% | 1.3k | $26k (exactly $25,787) | Dolphin media, Intofeel Company |
| | Chaperone | older | $5.99 | 78 64% | 2.3k | $14k (exactly $14,017) | Bulut ULU |
| | The Savior's Gang | older | $12.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Catness Game Studios |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | YOKO | older | $10.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $5.3k (exactly $5,275) | Lucas kyioshi |
 | Your Succubus | $6.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Easyfun Studio | |
 | Alchemistry | older | $4.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Dysnomia |
 | Room of Pandora | older | $4.99 | 24 41% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SHEN JIAWEI, ZHANG FAN |
 | Separium: 12th Elevator | $8.88 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,332) | ptpearl | |
 | The Organized Capy God | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Fuz Games | |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | Evolution adventure | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Stalevar | |
 | The Apple Simulator 2 | $1.50 | 6 66% | 180 | $270 (exactly $270) | Kagan Örün | |
 | Vanishing In The Island Halphéra | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Soghoxal | |
 | Golden Mansion | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Red Ballon Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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