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Should I ship a Minigames Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Minigames
Only 9 developers shipped a Minigames 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, Just Find It 4, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×4.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 5% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 75 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Hidden Object, Minigames
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 30 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Tiny Bang Story 2011 · $570k 
The Little Acre 2016 · $202k 
Attentat 1942 2017 · $148k 
The Office Quest 2018 · $135k 
Path to Mnemosyne 2018 · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Tiny Bang Story | older | $4.99 | 3,809 88% | 114k | $570k (exactly $570,207) | Colibri Games |
| | The Little Acre | older | $12.99 | 518 86% | 16k | $202k (exactly $201,865) | Pewter Games Studios |
| | Attentat 1942 | older | $10.99 | 448 92% | 13k | $148k (exactly $147,706) | Charles Games |
| | The Office Quest | older | $5.99 | 751 93% | 23k | $135k (exactly $134,955) | 11Sheep |
| | Path to Mnemosyne | older | $9.99 | 184 80% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | DevilishGames |
 | A Tale for Anna | older | $10.99 | 99 88% | 3.0k | $33k (exactly $32,640) | Far Mills |
 | Slap Village: Reality Slap | older | $2.99 | 104 79% | 3.1k | $9.3k (exactly $9,329) | MonkeyToons |
 | Untold Mystery: Angel's Cry 2 - Tears of the Fallen | older | $14.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Cateia Games |
 | Faircroft's Antiques: Treasures of Treffenburg | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Boomzap Inc |
 | I Love Finding Cats | older | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Tiny Little Lion |
 | Just Find It 4 | $11.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Tiny Little Lion | |
 | Gem Tales | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Kasual Kode | |
 | Summer Adventurers: Mediterranean | $3.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Ivan Hadži-Tančić | |
 | So Much Stuff 5: Mix-Knacks | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tiny Little Lion | |
 | Relaxing Time: Enchanting France Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Halloween Trouble 7: The Apprentice | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ironcode Gaming | |
 | Halloween Trouble 6: Pumpkin Rampage CE | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Ironcode Gaming | |
 | Around the World 5: Beautiful America Collector's Edition | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Avi Games | |
 | Medetashi Medetashi | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | たけの野々 | |
 | Malware City | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ludos Forge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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