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Should I ship a Music Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Music
Only 11 developers shipped a Music 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, Magic Tiny Lands, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 190% on the market; 6 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) |
| Top 5% | $77k (exactly $77,374) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 165 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 190% on the market, supply 15% more 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.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Music
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Hidden Object
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 273 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
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Comparable games
TOEM: A Photo Adventure 2021 · $5.8M 
In Sound Mind 2021 · $5.7M 
When The Past Was Around 2020 · $941k 
Slice of Sea 2021 · $392k 
I Am Dead 2020 · $251k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | TOEM: A Photo Adventure | older | $19.99 | 9,688 99% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,809,894) | Something We Made |
| | In Sound Mind | older | $34.99 | 5,467 95% | 164k | $5.7M (exactly $5,738,710) | We Create Stuff |
| | When The Past Was Around | older | $7.99 | 3,924 94% | 118k | $941k (exactly $940,583) | Mojiken |
| | Slice of Sea | older | $24.99 | 523 90% | 16k | $392k (exactly $392,093) | Mateusz Skutnik |
| | I Am Dead | older | $19.99 | 419 80% | 13k | $251k (exactly $251,274) | Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg |
 | Under Leaves | older | $4.99 | 744 95% | 22k | $111k (exactly $111,377) | Circus Atos |
 | Rap Pop Jump Core | older | $29.99 | 91 89% | 2.7k | $82k (exactly $81,873) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Magic Tiny Lands | $29.99 | 86 90% | 2.6k | $77k (exactly $77,374) | Galactic Geckon | |
 | Do you know de way | older | $24.99 | 84 82% | 2.5k | $63k (exactly $62,975) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Summer Paws | older | $4.99 | 409 96% | 12k | $61k (exactly $61,227) | Manic Hyena |
 | Hidden Dogs | $4.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Admiral Egg Games | |
 | The Lost Mixtape | $4.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | Vided Studio | |
 | Hentai Office | $1.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | UwU | |
 | Hentai Step Milf | $1.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | UwU | |
 | Jaws of Hell | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Starving Lama Games | |
 | Hentai Mature Milf | $1.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | UwU | |
 | Hentai Gothic | $3.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | UwU | |
 | Pigeon Hunter | $0.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $624 (exactly $624) | Crafty Pickle Games Limited | |
 | I commissioned some dogs 4 | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Follow the fun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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