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Should I ship a Hidden Object Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Hidden Object
Only 4 developers shipped a Hidden Object Spectacle fighter in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 12 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.6k against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
| Top 25% | $76k (exactly $75,575) |
| Top 5% | $746k (exactly $746,027) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,806 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
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Happy Souls 2024 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stonemachia | $19.99 | 1,244 95% | 37k | $746k (exactly $746,027) | Crossfall Games | |
| | Goonya Monster | older | $19.99 | 185 76% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | MUTAN |
| | Grab and Guts | older | $29.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $78k (exactly $78,274) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Wrong Bullet | older | $29.99 | 84 89% | 2.5k | $76k (exactly $75,575) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Happy Souls | older | $39.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $44k (exactly $44,389) | Galactic Geckon |
 | 爆裂！スイーツランド - PANIC IN SWEETS LAND - | older | $24.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $18k (exactly $17,993) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
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 | HUNTERS FOR YOUR BRAIN | older | $4.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | REANIMATO.RUS |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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