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Should I ship a Hidden Object Time Attack game?
Time Attack + Hidden Object
Only 4 developers shipped a Hidden Object Time Attack game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 9 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.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.7k against a market of $480. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) |
| Top 5% | $6.9k (exactly $6,866) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 113 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $0.99 |
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 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Attack, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $0.99 typical · top 25% priced $1.99 or above
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 $1.99 or above; the middle game at $0.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 894 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 9 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Attack with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + AdventureFair
- + RunnerFair
Comparable games
Cats Around Us: Giant Cat 2024 · $6.9k 
100 Cats London 2025 · $6.6k 
Hot Heat Reset 2023 · $3.7k 
Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Dubai 2024 · $3.6k 
100 Cats Singapore 2024 · $3.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cats Around Us: Giant Cat | older | $1.99 | 115 98% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,866) | Noobzilla |
| | 100 Cats London | $1.99 | 111 96% | 3.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,627) | 100 Cats | |
| | Hot Heat Reset | older | $4.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Utkarsh Verma |
| | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Dubai | older | $0.99 | 122 94% | 3.7k | $3.6k (exactly $3,623) | NaipSoft |
| | 100 Cats Singapore | $0.99 | 113 93% | 3.4k | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Berlin | older | $0.99 | 111 91% | 3.3k | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | 100 Cats |
 | 100 Cats Belgrade | $1.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Brazil | older | $0.99 | 103 92% | 3.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,059) | NaipSoft |
 | Find Cats in the Casino | $0.99 | 94 94% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | MeowSignal | |
 | 100 Cats Italy | $1.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Mexico | $0.99 | 89 89% | 2.7k | $2.6k (exactly $2,643) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Tokyo | $0.99 | 72 88% | 2.2k | $2.1k (exactly $2,138) | NaipSoft | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Los Angeles | $0.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | NaipSoft | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Australia | $0.99 | 55 96% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | NaipSoft | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Bangkok | $0.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $1.4k (exactly $1,366) | NaipSoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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