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Should I ship a Typing Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Typing
Only 12 developers shipped a Typing 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, Dyping Escape, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) |
| Top 5% | $163k (exactly $163,037) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Hidden Object, Typing
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 623 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Influent Language Learning Game 2014 · $584k 
Black Lily's Tale 2023 · $250k 
Dyping Escape 2026 · $163k 
Cyber Warrior 2025 · $23k 
Your Succubus 2026 · $4.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
| | Black Lily's Tale | older | $18.99 | 438 86% | 13k | $250k (exactly $249,529) | 1000-REKA |
| | Dyping Escape | $9.99 | 544 91% | 16k | $163k (exactly $163,037) | Heaviside Creations | |
| | Cyber Warrior | $19.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dunke Games | |
| | Your Succubus | $6.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Easyfun Studio | |
 | Verbal Verdict | · EA older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Savanna Developments |
 | What's Missing? | older | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | MIG Studios |
 | Puzzle Box: 10-in-1 Puzzle Collection | older | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | BrainVM Games |
 | 異誕監視室 | Monativity Surveillance | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Coward_Watson | |
 | Briddle | older | $3.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | TRC |
 | Estrella Quest | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Estrella Dev | |
 | The Shadow Crown - Frostwynd Chronicles | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Superhero Panda Ltd | |
 | void game | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Not Found | |
 | BeyondHelix | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Bruno Vale Barbosa Eiterer | |
 | Meanings hidden in plain sight | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | bmbchp | |
 | MeowWare | · EA | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Tyler Ashbrook (Scree44s) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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