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Should I ship a Nature Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Nature
Of 151 developers who shipped a Nature 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.. 173 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $86k, ×182 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 173 games are announced against 72 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $87k (exactly $86,602) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 151 |
| Released games | 553 |
| Announced | 173 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 105% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Hidden Object; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 5,965 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 122 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 173 games are announced against 72 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + DogsFair
- + RomanceFair
- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
TOEM: A Photo Adventure 2021 · $5.8M 
Chicken Police - Paint it RED! 2020 · $974k 
Lushfoil Photography Sim 2025 · $773k 
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy 2025 · $631k 
Morphopolis 2014 · $528k | 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 |
| | Chicken Police - Paint it RED! | older | $19.99 | 1,624 94% | 49k | $974k (exactly $973,913) | The Wild Gentlemen |
| | Lushfoil Photography Sim | $14.99 | 1,718 91% | 52k | $773k (exactly $772,585) | Matt2 | |
| | Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy | $39.99 | 526 90% | 16k | $631k (exactly $631,042) | Microids Studio Paris | |
| | Morphopolis | older | $3.99 | 4,410 82% | 132k | $528k (exactly $527,877) | Dan Walters, Ceri Williams |
 | Camper Van: Make it Home | $14.99 | 1,150 91% | 35k | $517k (exactly $517,155) | Malapata Studio | |
 | Find Matt's Cats | $19.99 | 719 98% | 22k | $431k (exactly $431,184) | Matt Roszak | |
 | Winter | · EA older | $29.99 | 340 73% | 10k | $306k (exactly $305,898) | Frostfall Realms Studios |
 | The Little Acre | older | $12.99 | 518 86% | 16k | $202k (exactly $201,865) | Pewter Games Studios |
 | Tiny Lands | older | $6.99 | 870 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,439) | Hyper Three Studio |
 | Koira | $17.99 | 289 93% | 8.7k | $156k (exactly $155,973) | Studio Tolima | |
 | Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 | $7.99 | 533 98% | 16k | $128k (exactly $127,760) | NovaSoft Interactive Ltd. | |
 | Forest Doesn’t Care | $13.99 | 251 65% | 7.5k | $105k (exactly $105,345) | MOROZ GAMES | |
 | Hachishakusama | 八尺様がいた夏休み | $7.44 | 388 94% | 12k | $87k (exactly $86,602) | Fukachi World | |
 | Lawn Care Simulator | $19.99 | 67 91% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Zac Marvin, Edward DePew | |
 | 5 NIGHTS AT BOBR KURWA | $2.99 | 324 93% | 9.7k | $29k (exactly $29,063) | Team GZ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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