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Should I ship a Solitaire Adventure game?
Adventure + Solitaire
Of 35 developers who shipped a Solitaire Adventure game 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.. 44 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 18 developers shipped in the last year and 44 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,538) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 165 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 60% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Solitaire; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Puzzle, Card Game
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 599 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + PinballFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
Faerie Solitaire 2010 · $612k 
Ancient Enemy 2020 · $197k 
Tested on Humans: Escape Room 2021 · $130k 
Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret 2018 · $106k 
Queens Casino 2025 · $93k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Faerie Solitaire | older | $14.99 | 1,361 89% | 41k | $612k (exactly $612,042) | Subsoap |
| | Ancient Enemy | older | $16.99 | 386 89% | 12k | $197k (exactly $196,744) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Tested on Humans: Escape Room | older | $9.99 | 434 87% | 13k | $130k (exactly $130,070) | mc2games |
| | Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret | older | $14.99 | 235 73% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $105,680) | Somer Games |
| | Queens Casino | $9.99 | 311 98% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $93,207) | sartahouse | |
 | Faerie Solitaire Harvest | older | $14.99 | 143 79% | 4.3k | $64k (exactly $64,307) | Subsoap |
 | Mosaics Galore | older | $14.99 | 111 75% | 3.3k | $50k (exactly $49,917) | Creobit |
 | Last Resort Island | older | $8.99 | 173 87% | 5.2k | $47k (exactly $46,658) | rokaplay |
 | Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards | older | $14.99 | 88 72% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Creobit |
 | Lenin - The Lion | older | $11.99 | 102 90% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $36,689) | Lornyon |
 | Dark Atlas: Infernum | $14.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Night Council Studio | |
 | Grizzly Man | $8.99 | 52 90% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | LCB Game Studio | |
 | Myth Monkey Card | $5.99 | 62 100% | 1.9k | $11k (exactly $11,141) | Myth Card Studio | |
 | Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One | $4.50 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) | RedDot Studios | |
 | No Vacancy Tonight | $8.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Momiji Games | |
 | Avalon Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Seven Seas Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $15.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Forest 6174 | $2.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | itandfeel | |
 | Emily_ | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Tetrabyte Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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