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Should I ship a Choices Matter Solitaire game?
Choices Matter + Solitaire
Of 40 developers who shipped a Choices Matter Solitaire 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.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 23 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $2,030) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,073) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter, Solitaire; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Game, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 723 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Choices Matter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomePoor odds
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Comparable games
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection 2022 · $281k 
Wordatro! 2025 · $120k 
Roll 2021 · $61k 
Fine Sweeper 2015 · $49k 
Lenin - The Lion 2019 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection | older | $9.99 | 939 98% | 28k | $281k (exactly $281,418) | Zachtronics |
| | Wordatro! | $9.99 | 401 85% | 12k | $120k (exactly $120,180) | Le Poulet | |
| | Roll | older | $4.99 | 407 91% | 12k | $61k (exactly $60,928) | Joseph Distler |
| | Fine Sweeper | older | $5.99 | 270 88% | 8.1k | $49k (exactly $48,519) | Pixel Prophecy |
| | Lenin - The Lion | older | $11.99 | 102 90% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $36,689) | Lornyon |
 | Rainbow Legends | $12.99 | 90 74% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio | |
 | 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 |
 | Arcana Academy | $14.99 | 67 71% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | 2A Studio | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2024 | older | $19.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Kerry Batts |
 | Cribbish | $4.99 | 65 81% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Fence Post Games | |
 | Wrangle Ranch | $5.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | BenBonk, XraiDev | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2027 | $24.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Kerry Batts | |
 | Card Rogue | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Game Tsukuru Kun | |
 | Royal's Gambit | $14.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | 96 Games Studio | |
 | Picaro | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Nightforge Studios | |
 | XIII - A Final Game of Tarot With Death | $1.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $2.0k (exactly $2,030) | Indigo Dreams |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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