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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Hidden Object Party Game?

Party Game + Hidden Object

Of 36 developers who shipped a Hidden Object Party Game 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.. 93 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $570k, ×1203 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 93 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 85% on the market, 93 announced, ×2.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Party Game + Hidden Object
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 36
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.8k → $3.1k (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party Game + Hidden Object: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 36
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $538 (exactly $538)
Top 25% $3.5k (exactly $3,525)
Top 5% $571k (exactly $571,228)
Developers, 2 yr 36
Released games 46
Announced 93
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 down 85% on the market, supply 700% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Party Game
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Hidden Object
effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Party Game, Hidden Object; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Online Co-Op
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 81,235 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $540, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $570k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 93 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Party Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Board GameFair72 devs · median $899 · 98 announced
  2. + RhythmFair11 devs · median $802 · 19 announced
  3. + DeckbuildingFair22 devs · median $719 · 30 announced
  4. + Card BattlerFair28 devs · median $449 · 35 announced
  5. + MinigamesPoor odds28 devs · median $4.0k · 66 announced
  6. + RoguelitePoor odds22 devs · median $2.7k · 68 announced
  7. + RoguelikePoor odds16 devs · median $2.7k · 51 announced
  8. + Vehicular CombatPoor odds14 devs · median $2.4k · 45 announced
  9. + DestructionPoor odds13 devs · median $1.8k · 79 announced
  10. + DrivingPoor odds28 devs · median $1.7k · 60 announced
  11. + SurvivalPoor odds55 devs · median $1.3k · 135 announced
  12. + HorrorPoor odds61 devs · median $1.3k · 144 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

MECCHA CHAMELEON 2026 · $14M Neighbors: Suburban Warfare 2025 · EA · $571k West Hunt 2023 · $456k Panoptic 2020 · $143k Moo Who? 2026 · $36k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
MECCHA CHAMELEON $5.99 78,746 87% 2.4M $14M (exactly $14,150,656) lemorion_1224
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare · EA $9.99 1,906 66% 57k $571k (exactly $571,228) Invisible Walls
West Hunt older $9.99 1,522 84% 46k $456k (exactly $456,143) NewGen
Panoptic older $16.99 281 96% 8.4k $143k (exactly $143,226) Team Panoptes
Moo Who? $6.99 174 66% 5.2k $36k (exactly $36,488) SAT Productions
Vessel $6.99 116 17% 3.5k $24k (exactly $24,325) OJStudio
Spider Roulette $4.99 143 91% 4.3k $21k (exactly $21,407) Kud
Mimicry! $9.99 45 97% 1.4k $13k (exactly $13,486) Wayward Skies Studio
Hide and Moo! $5.99 34 76% 1.0k $6.1k (exactly $6,110) Black Sea Studios
Where is Billy? $6.99 23 100% 690 $4.8k (exactly $4,823) Triple Boris Inc., Dodo Tako
Mimetic - Prop hunt hide and seek $4.70 25 80% 750 $3.5k (exactly $3,525) ClockNotionStudio
Hollow Hide $4.99 23 95% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) Renderise

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