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Should I ship a War Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + War
Only 4 developers shipped a War Hidden Object in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 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.. 10 more are announced, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.7k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $297 (exactly $297) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Top 5% | $268k (exactly $267,572) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hidden Object
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 3,356 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 10 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dating SimFair
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- + DogsFair
- + RomanceFair
- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + SimulationFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Word GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
Torn Away 2023 · $268k 
Cockroach Simulator 2016 · $212k 
Space Wars 2020 · $95k 
How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine 2025 · $63k 
Briefcase 2026 · $4.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Torn Away | older | $14.99 | 595 92% | 18k | $268k (exactly $267,572) | perelesoq |
| | Cockroach Simulator | older | $2.99 | 2,364 79% | 71k | $212k (exactly $212,051) | HFM Games |
| | Space Wars | older | $29.99 | 106 86% | 3.2k | $95k (exactly $95,368) | High and Wide |
| | How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine | $12.99 | 161 83% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Breakfirst Games | |
| | Briefcase | $3.99 | 39 100% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | Yuri Antunes | |
 | Mister 9 | older | $3.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | riinwin |
 | Elite Commander | older | $1.99 | 36 47% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,149) | indiegames3000 |
 | Spoils Of War | older | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Duodli |
 | Legacy: the last pure heart | older | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Addie J. Lobruno |
 | The Island of Thugs | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Big Green Platypus | |
 | Streamlands: Defense | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | NGD Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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