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Mystery Dungeon + Hidden Object
Of 59 developers who shipped a Hidden Object Mystery Dungeon in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 73 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 29 developers shipped in the last year and 73 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $7.8k (exactly $7,780) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 59 |
| Released games | 170 |
| Announced | 73 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 115% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Mystery Dungeon, Hidden Object; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action-Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,540 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 35 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 73 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mystery Dungeon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGStrong odds
- + TacticalStrong odds
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + PhysicsFair
Comparable games
Stonemachia 2026 · $746k 
Dungeon Digger 2024 · $118k 
Dracula: Love Kills 2013 · $89k 
ScrewUp 2021 · $78k 
[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 2021 · $65k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stonemachia | $19.99 | 1,244 95% | 37k | $746k (exactly $746,027) | Crossfall Games | |
| | Dungeon Digger | older | $39.99 | 98 81% | 2.9k | $118k (exactly $117,571) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Dracula: Love Kills | older | $9.99 | 298 80% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,311) | Waterlily Games |
| | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
| | [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 | older | $4.99 | 431 80% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,521) | Chilla's Art |
 | Happy Souls | older | $39.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $44k (exactly $44,389) | Galactic Geckon |
 | To The Light | older | $8.99 | 118 42% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,825) | ZOV GAME STUDIO |
 | Rooms of Realities | older | $17.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $29k (exactly $28,604) | Bluekey |
 | 恶魔迷宫 2 |Evil Maze 2 | 惡魔迷宮 2 | older | $9.99 | 85 60% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | ZOV GAME STUDIO |
 | Cave Quest | older | $9.99 | 84 94% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | MD Studio |
 | DungeonCrawlers | $8.99 | 77 68% | 2.3k | $21k (exactly $20,767) | KusanohitoCreative | |
 | Slendrina Remake | $3.99 | 65 63% | 2.0k | $7.8k (exactly $7,780) | GearMech | |
 | Twilight Moonflower | $6.99 | 26 80% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | ConnectedShadowGames | |
 | La Llorona Wants Your Soul | $9.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Focka Games | |
 | The Legend of Shiande | $2.99 | 46 100% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | Thales Caus | |
 | Parnitha: Patient 66 | $5.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $4.0k (exactly $3,953) | Nick Jordan Games | |
 | UnPlugged | $5.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | DemonLabs Interactive | |
 | Goddess Scroll - The Last Starlight | $9.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Revenge Red Eyes | |
 | Drag'N Dungeon | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Demon Girl |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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