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Should I ship a Hidden Object Sports game?
Sports + Hidden Object
Only 12 developers shipped a Hidden Object Sports game 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, run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!?, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 88% positive over 101 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
PropHunter 2021 · EA · $110k 
Climber: Sky is the Limit 2022 · $94k 
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016 · $87k 
Mad Experiments: Escape Room 2 2022 · $27k 
Touchdown Girls 2022 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PropHunter | · EA older | $3.99 | 917 79% | 28k | $110k (exactly $109,765) | Alone Fox Games |
| | Climber: Sky is the Limit | older | $21.99 | 142 69% | 4.3k | $94k (exactly $93,677) | A2 Softworks, Art Games Studio S.A. |
| | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
| | Mad Experiments: Escape Room 2 | older | $12.99 | 69 65% | 2.1k | $27k (exactly $26,889) | PlayTogether Studio |
| | Touchdown Girls | older | $11.99 | 47 38% | 1.4k | $17k (exactly $16,906) | Entropy Digital Entertainment |
 | House of Lizards | older | $0.99 | 405 85% | 12k | $12k (exactly $12,028) | Ancient Russ |
 | Roller Drama | older | $14.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Open Lab Games |
 | Xeno Runners | older | $4.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | Atchio Games |
 | run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!? | $29.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | INFINITY Co., Ltd. | |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Fishing on the Fly | $9.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Numicus Studios, MacClark.com | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | Ride It! | $2.80 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.0k (exactly $1,008) | dpm, Revi, GatoHolguera | |
 | Urban Golf: Hot Dog Edition | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | MatthewHall3D | |
 | Emergency Roadside Assistance | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | CDIS Lab. | |
 | Hentai Gymnast Scarlett | $0.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Cyber Keks | |
 | My Gym Adventure! | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 430Games | |
 | Merge Pineapple | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 0cd studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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