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Should I ship an AI Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Artificial Intelligence
Only 8 developers shipped an AI Solitaire game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, BidKing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×4.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 620% on the market; 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,992) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $1,994,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 620% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 34% positive over 22,805 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MahjongFair
- + RomanceFair
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Card BattlerLong shot
Comparable games
BidKing 2026 · $2.0M 
Tsuro - The Game of The Path 2020 · $40k 
Pro Strategy Football 2023 2022 · $32k 
Pro Strategy Football 2022 2021 · $32k 
Pro Strategy Football 2024 2023 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BidKing | $2.99 | 22,238 33% | 667k | $2.0M (exactly $1,994,749) | MindSurge Network & Games | |
| | Tsuro - The Game of The Path | older | $9.99 | 134 91% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $40,160) | Thunderbox Entertainment |
| | Pro Strategy Football 2023 | older | $14.99 | 71 84% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Kerry Batts |
| | Pro Strategy Football 2022 | older | $12.99 | 81 86% | 2.4k | $32k (exactly $31,566) | Kerry Batts |
| | Pro Strategy Football 2024 | older | $19.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Kerry Batts |
 | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2026 | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Kerry Batts | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2025 | older | $19.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Kerry Batts |
 | Office Elevator | older | $4.99 | 37 81% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Punx Studios |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2027 | $24.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Kerry Batts | |
 | Sudoku | $4.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | N in One Card: Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Hearts & Blackjack | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Pixel Dance | |
 | Easy Mahjong | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Angelo Stambelos | |
 | Disintegral | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Will Sykes Games | |
 | 乐吧斗地主 | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | 乐吧娱乐 | |
 | Bluff Card Game | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | HaHaHaGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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