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Should I ship a Cat Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Cats
Only 16 developers shipped a Cat 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, Cozy Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×13 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $16k, ×136 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,160) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.49 |
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 down 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Solitaire; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Incremental, Tabletop
- Price point
- $4.49 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.49.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 320 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MahjongFair
- + RomanceFair
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
Comparable games
Zodiacats 2022 · $76k 
Cat Lady - The Card Game 2019 · $28k 
Kemono Mahjong 2021 · $21k 
Slide Stories: Neko's Journey 2020 · $18k 
Cozy Solitaire 2024 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zodiacats | older | $1.99 | 1,266 98% | 38k | $76k (exactly $75,580) | Devcats |
| | Cat Lady - The Card Game | older | $3.99 | 230 97% | 6.9k | $28k (exactly $27,531) | Nomad Games |
| | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
| | Slide Stories: Neko's Journey | older | $9.99 | 59 98% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Remix Games, Gregory Oliveira |
| | Cozy Solitaire | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | CozyPuzzleGames | |
 | How Buddy’s parents met - a jigsaw puzzle tale | older | $1.99 | 217 90% | 6.5k | $13k (exactly $12,955) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Buddy and Lucky Solitaire | older | $2.99 | 97 82% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Alice in Wonderland - a jigsaw puzzle tale | older | $3.99 | 61 93% | 1.8k | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | SherloCAT Holmes Nonogram | $4.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | LUDO Thinking | |
 | Meow-Jong | older | $4.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) | EPWH, LLC |
 | Kemotaku | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Kojika Games | |
 | Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats | $1.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | Pinel Games | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | 🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸 | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Gossiam Games | |
 | Just a Little Purr suit | $3.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Wise Box Studios | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Cozy Paintings | $4.49 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Eliary Games | |
 | Cational Meographic | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | AyiBoardgameCraft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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