Do I ship it?

Games › Party-Based RPG › Party-Based RPG + Hidden Object

Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Hidden Object Party-Based RPG?

Party-Based RPG + Hidden Object

Only 15 developers shipped a Hidden Object Party-Based RPG 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, The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 16 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 16 announced, ×1.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Party-Based RPG + Hidden Object
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $479 → $150 (still earning) → $33k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party-Based RPG + Hidden Object: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $24k (exactly $24,325)
Top 5% $672k (exactly $672,481)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 28
Announced 16
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 550% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.

See every window in the explorer →

Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Party-Based RPG
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Hidden Object
effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets

How the rubric works →

Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Party-Based RPG, Hidden Object; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Puzzle, Exploration
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Lore-Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 9 games average 78% positive over 1,462 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $480, 1 in 4 over $24k, 1 in 20 over $670k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 16 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Board GameFair24 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  2. + Point & ClickFair17 devs · median $2.5k · 20 announced
  3. + 2D PlatformerFair55 devs · median $599 · 42 announced
  4. + Martial ArtsPoor odds5 devs · median $230k · 16 announced
  5. + Dating SimPoor odds13 devs · median $49k · 25 announced
  6. + SandboxPoor odds23 devs · median $34k · 71 announced
  7. + BuildingPoor odds12 devs · median $32k · 37 announced
  8. + AutomationPoor odds14 devs · median $21k · 28 announced
  9. + Turn-BasedPoor odds67 devs · median $19k · 76 announced
  10. + Base BuildingPoor odds19 devs · median $19k · 51 announced
  11. + IncrementalPoor odds18 devs · median $15k · 45 announced
  12. + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds46 devs · median $13k · 87 announced

All 111 pairs on the Party-Based RPG page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake 2026 · $672k DRAGON QUEST TREASURES 2023 · $385k SCRIBBLE HUNT 2026 · $36k OUTCLAW 2026 · $33k Vessel 2026 · $24k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake $24.99 897 86% 27k $672k (exactly $672,481) USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
DRAGON QUEST TREASURES older $49.99 257 77% 7.7k $385k (exactly $385,423) Square Enix, TOSE CO., LTD.
SCRIBBLE HUNT $3.99 302 81% 9.1k $36k (exactly $36,149) SCRIBBLE BUNNY
OUTCLAW $24.99 44 93% 1.3k $33k (exactly $32,987) Moss Monkey
Vessel $6.99 116 17% 3.5k $24k (exactly $24,325) OJStudio
DungeonCrawlers $8.99 77 68% 2.3k $21k (exactly $20,767) KusanohitoCreative
Paramnesia: Escape Together older $8.99 43 90% 1.3k $12k (exactly $11,597) Suymo
วีรบุรุษไร้พลัง ไข่ต้ม older $6.99 8 100% 240 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) OKCITY
Mole or Not · EA $2.99 15 53% 450 $1.3k (exactly $1,346) EY GAMES
ClusterCluck $2.99 6 100% 180 $538 (exactly $538) Glintzone Games
Chrono Stranded $3.99 4 75% 120 $479 (exactly $479) Moonzen Digital (Indie Games)
Project Microchip $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Gustsoft
Lord of Darkness: Celebration $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Pixel Lion Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.