Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / FPS / Hidden Object
FPS + Hidden Object: 39 releases in the last 12 months
There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 1 of 58 matured launches earned $100k or more, against 1.8 expected for their price and launch quarter. Releases rose 30% on the year before: 39 against 30.
- One game dominates the figure
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 39 30 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 65 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 227 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 5 or more wishlist-ranked upcoming games. | |||
Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter.
| 0.83xhits against expected | 0.67x to 1.51x | 58 launchesindie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old) | #3,901 of 6,324pairs on this board |
| Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 20 or more releases in each 12-month period. | |||
| Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 1,000 reviews in each window. | |||
Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.
Launch success
launches 6 to 30 months oldMatured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 58
- Hit rate
- 1.7%0.0% to 3.5%
- Expected rate
- 3.1%
- Against expected
- 0.83x0.67x to 1.51x
Launch window: indie paid launches 31 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2026 (6 to 30 months old). Hit odds are shrunk toward the Steam-wide rate by 3 expected hits.
Revenue spread
58 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $14
- Median
- $202
- Top tenth
- $3,792
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +30%
Parent tags
- FPSGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- Hidden ObjectGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this pair by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.
- LIFE EFFECT Survival (opens the Steam store)2026 · 502 reviews, 85% positiveest. $152k
- 5 NIGHTS AT SHALUN 4: SCHOOL (opens the Steam store)2024 · 543 reviews, 93% positiveest. $22k
- Absolute-Full-Life (opens the Steam store)2024 · 69 reviews, 75% positiveest. $21k
- Nathan Morgan: Dilemma (opens the Steam store)2024 · 34 reviews, 50% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Project Three (opens the Steam store)2025 · 40 reviews, 22% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- ESCAPE FROM TIMOKHA 2: ARMY (opens the Steam store)2025 · 92 reviews, 89% positiveest. $5.6k
- 5 nights at Timokha 5: Island (opens the Steam store)2026 · 75 reviews, 97% positiveest. $4.5k
- 家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration- (opens the Steam store)2024 · 130 reviews, 96% positiveest. $4.3k
More with FPS
pairs with FPS- FPS + Online Co-Op$13,34030 launches priced, 50 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Roguelite$5,46236 launches priced, 47 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Immersive Sim$3,84453 launches priced, 61 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Story Rich$3,09340 launches priced, 44 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Co-op$2,58933 launches priced, 36 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Boomer Shooter$2,15474 launches priced, 134 releases in 12 months
More with Hidden Object
pairs with Hidden Object- Hidden Object + Detective$1,18352 launches priced, 73 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Story Rich$1,155101 launches priced, 94 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Visual Novel$1,05038 launches priced, 46 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Creature Collector$92239 launches priced, 35 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Funny$88938 launches priced, 67 releases in 12 months
- Hidden Object + Cats$865105 launches priced, 132 releases in 12 months
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