Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Hack and Slash / Hidden Object
Hack and Slash + Hidden Object: 4 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. 0 of 13 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 33% on the year before: 4 against 6.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 4 6 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 15 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 52 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. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| 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
Matured 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
- 13
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 9.7%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
13 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
- $0
- Median
- $849
- Top tenth
- $6,865
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
- −33%
Parent tags
- Hack and SlashGenre 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.
- Happy Souls (opens the Steam store)2024 · 37 reviews, 75% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Castle Dark (opens the Steam store)2024 · 19 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Chamber Survival (opens the Steam store)2024 · 11 reviews, 27% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Bear Warrior (opens the Steam store)2024 · 14 reviews, 92% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Assassin Of Goblin (opens the Steam store)2025 · 12 reviews, 66% positiveest. under $1k
- Master Knight (opens the Steam store)2025 · 11 reviews, 72% positiveest. under $1k
- Sylva - Curse of the Demon Woods (opens the Steam store)2026 · 6 reviews, 100% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Save Daddy Trump 4: Maga 2024 (opens the Steam store)2024 · 15 reviews, 60% positiveest. under $1k
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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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