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Should I ship a Hidden Object Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Hidden Object
Only 7 developers shipped a Hidden Object Hero Shooter 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, Neighbors: Suburban Warfare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $1.3k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 25% | $98k (exactly $97,751) |
| Top 5% | $571k (exactly $571,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 down 100% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 2,208 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare 2025 · EA · $571k 
Devilated 2024 · $98k 
Westwood Shadows 2026 · $11k 
Worker Riot 2022 · $8.2k 
Ma3 2023 · $3.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neighbors: Suburban Warfare | · EA | $9.99 | 1,906 66% | 57k | $571k (exactly $571,228) | Invisible Walls |
| | Devilated | $19.99 | 163 85% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Trunka | |
| | Westwood Shadows | $11.99 | 31 67% | 930 | $11k (exactly $11,151) | RedSoup Studio | |
| | Worker Riot | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Ma3 | older | $9.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Matheesan, Ahila |
 | SICK | older | $4.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Michael Derek |
 | Oil Invasion | older | $4.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Ruskija game experience, Valkeala Softw… (Ruskija game experience, Valkeala Software) |
 | Trap Arena | older | $1.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $1.6k (exactly $1,612) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Gunner Deadly Expedition | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Funkuisu |
 | Big Theft Valkeala 3 Revenge | $2.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | The Last Fighter | older | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Laush Studio |
 | Losted Mind | $0.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Dzianis Kazakou | |
 | modavuj FOREST CAMP | · EA | $0.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Modavuj Games |
 | Peperoni Border Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Peperoni Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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