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Should I ship a Mythological Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Mythology
Of 33 developers who shipped a Mythological Hidden Object 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.. 45 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×309 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 45 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $208 (exactly $208) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $194k (exactly $194,270) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 98 |
| Announced | 45 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 50% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Hidden Object; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 2,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + Level EditorFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + DogsFair
- + RomanceFair
- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
Stonemachia 2026 · $746k 
Winter 2022 · EA · $306k 
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace 2022 · $218k 
BLACKSHARD 2025 · $194k 
12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull 2015 · $156k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stonemachia | $19.99 | 1,244 95% | 37k | $746k (exactly $746,027) | Crossfall Games | |
| | Winter | · EA older | $29.99 | 340 73% | 10k | $306k (exactly $305,898) | Frostfall Realms Studios |
| | Havsala: Into the Soul Palace | older | $11.99 | 607 91% | 18k | $218k (exactly $218,338) | Ubik Studios, Stratera Games |
| | BLACKSHARD | $14.99 | 432 91% | 13k | $194k (exactly $194,270) | Redlock Studio, Enclave | |
| | 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull | older | $2.99 | 1,736 90% | 52k | $156k (exactly $155,719) | Jetdogs Studios, Zoom Out Games |
 | Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition | older | $9.99 | 457 89% | 14k | $137k (exactly $136,963) | Tuttifrutti Interactive |
 | Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse | older | $14.99 | 217 89% | 6.5k | $98k (exactly $97,585) | Sunward Games |
 | Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path | older | $14.99 | 175 92% | 5.3k | $79k (exactly $78,698) | Sunward Games |
 | Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island | $24.99 | 104 93% | 3.1k | $78k (exactly $77,969) | Polygon Treehouse | |
 | 30 Birds | $17.99 | 138 96% | 4.1k | $74k (exactly $74,479) | RAM RAM Games, Business Goose Studios | |
 | Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence | $7.99 | 82 92% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,655) | Making Enemies, Ayose Trujillo | |
 | Ghost Deliverer | · EA | $18.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $16k (exactly $15,952) | TEAMDADA |
 | Irbet Tong | $6.99 | 56 100% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,743) | Kyhynngy Oyuur | |
 | I Know This Place..? (chapter II) | $5.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | SameFrame | |
 | Goddess Scroll - The Last Starlight | $9.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Revenge Red Eyes | |
 | Lost Little Things | $7.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | AGE Zero, Odd Grape Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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