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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Solitaire Card Battler?

Card Battler + Solitaire

Of 77 developers who shipped a Solitaire Card Battler 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.. 79 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×253 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 79 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 79 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Card Battler + Solitaire
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 77
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.6k → $5.8k → $1.3k → $539 → $178 → $2.5k → $240 (still earning) → $269 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Card Battler + Solitaire: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 77
Bottom 30% $59 (exactly $59)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $3.3k (exactly $3,297)
Top 5% $120k (exactly $120,180)
Developers, 2 yr 77
Released games 146
Announced 79
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $5.99

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 20% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Card Battler
effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
Solitaire
effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Card Battler, Solitaire; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Deckbuilding
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 5,395 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $59, median $300, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $120k.

3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 79 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Card Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + ArcadeFair68 devs · median $1.9k · 75 announced
  2. + Bullet HellFair24 devs · median $1.2k · 22 announced
  3. + GamblingFair64 devs · median $1.0k · 77 announced
  4. + 2D FighterFair10 devs · median $1.0k · 11 announced
  5. + ZombiesFair17 devs · median $839 · 22 announced
  6. + Point & ClickFair25 devs · median $629 · 34 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair35 devs · median $628 · 33 announced
  8. + Traditional RoguelikeFair43 devs · median $449 · 57 announced
  9. + Party GameFair28 devs · median $449 · 35 announced
  10. + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds33 devs · median $31k · 56 announced
  11. + CRPGPoor odds15 devs · median $25k · 28 announced
  12. + SandboxPoor odds18 devs · median $25k · 21 announced

All 125 pairs on the Card Battler page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Stacklands 2022 · $7.0M Retirement Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M Dice & Fold 2024 · $1.4M Cardboard Town 2023 · $1.2M Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Stacklands older $7.99 29,244 96% 877k $7.0M (exactly $7,009,787) Sokpop Collective
Retirement Simulator · EA older $13.99 3,757 34% 113k $1.6M (exactly $1,576,813) DoubleThink Studio
Dice & Fold older $12.99 3,491 83% 105k $1.4M (exactly $1,360,443) Tinymice Entertainment
Cardboard Town older $19.99 2,051 79% 62k $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) Stratera Games, cukuto
Forbidden Solitaire $15.99 2,245 96% 67k $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertai… (Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment)
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Shadowhand: RPG Card Game older $16.99 668 82% 20k $340k (exactly $340,480) Grey Alien Games
Zoominoes $14.99 549 91% 16k $247k (exactly $246,885) Starlight Games inc.
Dice Player One older $14.99 456 90% 14k $205k (exactly $205,063) KDream
Ancient Enemy older $16.99 386 89% 12k $197k (exactly $196,744) Grey Alien Games
Wordatro! $9.99 401 85% 12k $120k (exactly $120,180) Le Poulet
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Rainbow Legends $12.99 90 74% 2.7k $35k (exactly $35,073) Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio
Paper Kingdom $12.99 65 61% 2.0k $25k (exactly $25,330) obece
Kungfu Card · EA $4.99 125 73% 3.8k $19k (exactly $18,712) ZeroCastle Game Studio, Miwu Studio
Decks of the Damned $9.99 54 68% 1.6k $16k (exactly $16,184) Thorian Games
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.