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Should I ship a Hidden Object JRPG?
JRPG + Hidden Object
Only 16 developers shipped a Hidden Object JRPG 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, The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.0k, ×9.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $670k, ×1071 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,767) |
| Top 5% | $672k (exactly $672,481) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 66 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 55% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 2,501 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake 2026 · $672k 
Spooky Milk Life 2025 · EA · $437k 
DRAGON QUEST TREASURES 2023 · $385k 
月藍傳奇REMAKE古文明之謎 2024 · $146k 
Escape from the Room of the Serving Doll 2024 · $95k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake | $24.99 | 897 86% | 27k | $672k (exactly $672,481) | USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd. | |
| | Spooky Milk Life | · EA | $11.99 | 1,216 74% | 36k | $437k (exactly $437,395) | MangoMango, Studio Ginkgo |
| | DRAGON QUEST TREASURES | older | $49.99 | 257 77% | 7.7k | $385k (exactly $385,423) | Square Enix, TOSE CO., LTD. |
| | 月藍傳奇REMAKE古文明之謎 | older | $19.99 | 244 93% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $146,327) | 天使蛋糕, 攸藍, 牙籤, 黃金, 咕咕咕, 鎧特 |
| | Escape from the Room of the Serving Doll | older | $6.99 | 451 84% | 14k | $95k (exactly $94,575) | 桃山プロダクション |
 | The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time | $17.99 | 146 86% | 4.4k | $79k (exactly $78,796) | Coin Drop Games, Lucas Immanuel, jucobe… (Coin Drop Games, Lucas Immanuel, jucobee, Kyle Chuang) | |
 | Lulu & Ennoi - Sacred Suit Girls | older | $7.99 | 266 78% | 8.0k | $64k (exactly $63,760) | SmallSqurriel |
 | 恶魔迷宫 | Evil Maze | older | $1.99 | 807 76% | 24k | $48k (exactly $48,178) | ZOV GAME STUDIO |
 | Red Line | older | $9.99 | 155 97% | 4.7k | $46k (exactly $46,454) | Rolling Cat Studio |
 | Fairune Collection | older | $9.99 | 124 87% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $37,163) | SKIPMORE, ESQUADRA,inc. |
 | DungeonCrawlers | $8.99 | 77 68% | 2.3k | $21k (exactly $20,767) | KusanohitoCreative | |
 | Monmusu Paradise ~Visitors~ | $4.99 | 66 74% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Siluman Soft | |
 | Hers' Alms | $15.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | Kai Studio | |
 | Eliza’s Secret Potion | $7.99 | 32 68% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | らて茶場 | |
 | Money And Lady | 财貌双全 | $9.99 | 20 35% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Happy DLC Studio | |
 | Elf Adventure: The Lost Castle | $6.99 | 14 28% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | 430Games | |
 | Nekopedia: Find Her Tail | $2.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Hunny Bunny Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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