Hidden Object tag

This graph shows games released over the years with the Hidden Object tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.

The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Hidden Object tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.

The Hidden Object tag has peaked in 2022, with 597 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.67% in 2010 and 0.08% in 2013.

Keep in mind that the current year is not over, so the number of games released will still increase. But the percentage is usually a good estimate.

This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Hidden Object tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. Note that if the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.

While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Hidden Object tag games.

A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 3 (2010) and 124 (2016) reviews. Keep in mind that it is the average and not the median, meaning it is heavily influenced by extreme values, like a very successful game with this tag.

The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Hidden Object tag received between 7% (2011) and 33% (2016) reviews compared to other tags.

This chart displays the evolution of the Hidden Object tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.

The median game price peaked in 2016 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2021 at 4.99$. The free to play ratio was at its lowest in 2014 at 1%, and peaked in 2020 at 8%.

This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Hidden Object tag games, classed by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.

The best rating for Hidden Object games is 94% for the Vietnamese audience, and the worst is 81% for the Danish audience.