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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Solitaire Action-Adventure?

Action-Adventure + Solitaire

Of 22 developers who shipped a Solitaire Action-Adventure in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.2 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 13 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Action-Adventure + Solitaire
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 22
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $179 → $60 → $89 → $54 → $114 → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action-Adventure + Solitaire: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 22
Bottom 30% $30 (exactly $30)
Median $120 (exactly $120)
Top 25% $239 (exactly $239)
Top 5% $7.2k (exactly $7,155)
Developers, 2 yr 22
Released games 54
Announced 13
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $2.99

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 260% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Action-Adventure
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Solitaire
effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Action-Adventure, Solitaire; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 109 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $120, 1 in 4 over $230, 1 in 20 over $7.1k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair63 devs · median $12k · 69 announced
  2. + MinigamesFair18 devs · median $6.7k · 19 announced
  3. + BikesFair11 devs · median $2.5k · 11 announced
  4. + TransportationFair21 devs · median $2.3k · 22 announced
  5. + MotorbikeFair9 devs · median $2.3k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingLong shot14 devs · median $360 · 16 announced
  7. + Time AttackLong shot12 devs · median $150 · 17 announced
  8. + Character Action GamePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  9. + MMORPGPoor odds15 devs · median $25k · 116 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds49 devs · median $25k · 133 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds81 devs · median $24k · 135 announced
  12. + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds12 devs · median $17k · 26 announced

All 242 pairs on the Action-Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dark Atlas: Infernum $14.99 39 82% 1.2k $18k (exactly $17,538) Night Council Studio
The Lab - Escape Room older $9.99 48 79% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,386) Flat Cat Games
Find Me: Horror Game older $11.99 31 48% 930 $11k (exactly $11,151) KalaOh Games
Goldenjar Fall - Definitive Edition older $9.99 29 58% 870 $8.7k (exactly $8,691) Ardeal Studio
Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One $4.50 53 88% 1.6k $7.2k (exactly $7,155) RedDot Studios
The Darkest Island older $4.99 22 63% 660 $3.3k (exactly $3,293) Gamix Studios
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Brain Marmelade older $2.99 24 75% 720 $2.2k (exactly $2,153) Amaury Hyde, Arnaud Magous
CHACAL older $3.99 16 68% 480 $1.9k (exactly $1,915) Pernich Media
Fourteen Fiends older $4.99 11 90% 330 $1.6k (exactly $1,647) Ash Jackson
One Step Further $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) SlidMount
Rotminers: Escape or Die $2.99 4 100% 120 $359 (exactly $359) X1 Studio
Foxy The First Steps $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Fox Fabricio Branco
DOCE $3.99 2 0% 60 $239 (exactly $239) SAHKIL STUDIO
Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) Bern.C
AGameAboutFishing $1.99 3 100% 90 $179 (exactly $179) CreativityMindsGameStudio
The Stare $4.99 1 0% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Fire Toast
Vigilum · EA $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) TXMSKA

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.