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Should I ship a Trivia Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Trivia
Only 15 developers shipped a Trivia 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, EYES ON THE EXAM, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $390 (exactly $390) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Hidden Object, Trivia
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 96 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dating SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + DogsFair
- + RomanceFair
- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
1953 - KGB Unleashed 2013 · $20k 
Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt 2024 · $18k 
EYES ON THE EXAM 2025 · $10k 
Miguelshroom: First day at school 2021 · $5.8k 
Logic - Keypad 2023 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1953 - KGB Unleashed | older | $2.99 | 218 63% | 6.5k | $20k (exactly $19,555) | · |
| | Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt | older | $4.99 | 117 91% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | Viexi Games |
| | EYES ON THE EXAM | $4.99 | 67 91% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,030) | Carlos 'Monty' Montamarta | |
| | Miguelshroom: First day at school | older | $4.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Bad Kid Games |
| | Logic - Keypad | older | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | NguyeZ |
 | Logic Escape | older | $6.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | NguyeZ |
 | MOTTAINAI GHOST | $8.15 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,934) | woof Inc., sewohayami | |
 | Abandoned Void | older | $2.99 | 32 56% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Escovic Games |
 | Where Pandas 熊猫在哪里 | older | $0.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $2.6k (exactly $2,584) | 冷笑黑妖 |
 | I Love Finding Birds | older | $11.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Tiny Little Lion |
 | Snemovna | · EA | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Richard Haraším |
 | Estrella Quest | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Estrella Dev | |
 | I Lost my Eggs: Easter | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Ponko Games | |
 | Meanings hidden in plain sight | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | bmbchp | |
 | Soul Siblings | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Aetos Digital Studio | |
 | Sealand Survivor | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Neon Forge Games | |
 | Escape From Lab | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | P.E.G | |
 | Sudoku-X | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | ggame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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