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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Hidden Object?

Local Multiplayer + Hidden Object

Only 15 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer 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, Mimicry!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $420. Revenue is up 250% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 250% on the market, 14 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Local Multiplayer + Hidden Object
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $178 → $748 → $1.9k (still earning) → $419 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Local Multiplayer + Hidden Object: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $419 (exactly $419)
Median $959 (exactly $959)
Top 25% $4.8k (exactly $4,823)
Top 5% $13k (exactly $13,486)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 46
Announced 14
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 250% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Local Multiplayer
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Hidden Object
effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Local Multiplayer, Hidden Object; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Online Co-Op
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Cute, Family Friendly
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 172 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $420, median $960, 1 in 4 over $4.8k, 1 in 20 over $13k.

3 in 10 developers made under $420. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Local Multiplayer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + HockeyStrong odds11 devs · median $3.0k · 12 announced
  2. + Female ProtagonistFair61 devs · median $5.8k · 64 announced
  3. + Action RPGFair43 devs · median $5.5k · 56 announced
  4. + Hex GridFair12 devs · median $4.5k · 14 announced
  5. + ModernFair24 devs · median $3.6k · 16 announced
  6. + WargameFair28 devs · median $3.0k · 28 announced
  7. + TennisFair18 devs · median $2.3k · 10 announced
  8. + Point & ClickFair14 devs · median $2.0k · 8 announced
  9. + Artificial IntelligenceFair26 devs · median $1.8k · 27 announced
  10. + Football (American)Fair13 devs · median $1.8k · 4 announced
  11. + SportsFair196 devs · median $1.6k · 208 announced
  12. + RunnerFair23 devs · median $1.3k · 30 announced

All 174 pairs on the Local Multiplayer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

CATO: Buttered Cat 2024 · $921k How 2 Escape 2023 · $267k Panoptic 2020 · $143k Goonya Monster 2022 · $111k Mimicry! 2026 · $13k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
CATO: Buttered Cat older $10.99 2,794 98% 84k $921k (exactly $921,182) Team Woll
How 2 Escape older $12.99 684 71% 21k $267k (exactly $266,555) Breakfirst Games
Panoptic older $16.99 281 96% 8.4k $143k (exactly $143,226) Team Panoptes
Goonya Monster older $19.99 185 76% 5.6k $111k (exactly $110,944) MUTAN
Mimicry! $9.99 45 97% 1.4k $13k (exactly $13,486) Wayward Skies Studio
Kitchen Simulator 2 older $4.99 80 48% 2.4k $12k (exactly $11,976) WhackAKey Games
Fofumia $15.99 21 85% 630 $10k (exactly $10,074) Actoon Studio
Elsewhere Electric $24.99 11 27% 330 $8.2k (exactly $8,247) Games by Stitch
Outside The Grid older $0.99 167 74% 5.0k $5.0k (exactly $4,960) GidAzGames
Where is Billy? $6.99 23 100% 690 $4.8k (exactly $4,823) Triple Boris Inc., Dodo Tako
Mimetic - Prop hunt hide and seek $4.70 25 80% 750 $3.5k (exactly $3,525) ClockNotionStudio
SeekOut · EA $3.89 16 93% 480 $1.9k (exactly $1,867) Nightroot Interactive
8 YOUs+ (from KUUKIYOMI 4: Consider It) $2.99 17 100% 510 $1.5k (exactly $1,525) G-MODE
Diamond Painting $7.99 4 75% 120 $959 (exactly $959) LeiZna
Final Exit $4.99 5 40% 150 $748 (exactly $748) MohaDev
Fun Road $2.99 5 60% 150 $449 (exactly $449) RMIT

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.