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Should I ship a Snow Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Snow
Only 16 developers shipped a Snow Hidden Object 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, Lushfoil Photography Sim, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 5% | $773k (exactly $772,585) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 50% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Snow
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Hidden Object; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,993 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Lushfoil Photography Sim 2025 · $773k 
PANELKI 2022 · $576k 
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy 2010 · $151k 
Path of Giants 2020 · $111k 
Climber: Sky is the Limit 2022 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lushfoil Photography Sim | $14.99 | 1,718 91% | 52k | $773k (exactly $772,585) | Matt2 | |
| | PANELKI | older | $7.99 | 2,404 86% | 72k | $576k (exactly $576,239) | Alexander Gromyko |
| | Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy | older | $14.99 | 335 90% | 10k | $151k (exactly $150,650) | HeR Interactive |
| | Path of Giants | older | $8.99 | 410 97% | 12k | $111k (exactly $110,577) | Journey Bound Games |
| | Climber: Sky is the Limit | older | $21.99 | 142 69% | 4.3k | $94k (exactly $93,677) | A2 Softworks, Art Games Studio S.A. |
 | Frozen Ship | · EA | $19.99 | 142 76% | 4.3k | $85k (exactly $85,157) | Nionetix |
 | Hidden Paws | older | $2.99 | 875 84% | 26k | $78k (exactly $78,488) | Manic Hyena |
 | Inua - A Story in Ice and Time | older | $14.99 | 81 93% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $36,426) | The Pixel Hunt, IKO, ARTE France |
 | Bottle: Pilgrim Redux | older | $3.99 | 236 80% | 7.1k | $28k (exactly $28,249) | Tonguç Bodur |
 | BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀 | older | $9.99 | 87 97% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,074) | toR Studio |
 | Hidden Winter Things | $2.99 | 73 98% | 2.2k | $6.5k (exactly $6,548) | Galysh Company | |
 | My friend Mango | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Bliuper Studios | |
 | Christmas Fables: Nutcracker's Tale Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Christmas Fables: The Wishing Store Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Christmas Hustle | $1.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Error 300 | |
 | Find All Things: Christmas | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Best Friend Games | |
 | Silent Snow | $1.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Theonemanny |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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