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Should I ship a Demon Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Demons
Only 11 developers shipped a Demon 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, Forbidden Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. Revenue is down 75% on the market, with 7 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
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
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 2,293 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MahjongFair
- + RomanceFair
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
Comparable games
Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M 
Find Me: Horror Game 2020 · $11k 
YOKO 2024 · $5.3k 
Satan's puzzle 666 2022 · $4.3k 
Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle 2021 · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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) | |
| | Find Me: Horror Game | older | $11.99 | 31 48% | 930 | $11k (exactly $11,151) | KalaOh Games |
| | YOKO | older | $10.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $5.3k (exactly $5,275) | Lucas kyioshi |
| | Satan's puzzle 666 | older | $2.99 | 48 81% | 1.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | Silvestre Gore Art |
| | Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | LGT SIA |
 | Abandoned Void | older | $2.99 | 32 56% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Escovic Games |
 | Cursed House 12 | older | $12.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | LGT SIA |
 | Cursed House 13 | older | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | LGT SIA |
 | Argonauts Path | · EA | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | LittlePaladinGames |
 | Cursed House 10 - Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | LGT SIA |
 | Hell Builder | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Cuddle Code | |
 | Monster Girls Pieces | $1.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Rodrigo Piedras | |
 | Cursed House 7 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
 | Cursed House 8 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
 | Cursed House 6 | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | LGT SIA | |
 | Cursed House 14 | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | LGT SIA | |
 | Coin Devotee | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Argue with Sheep | |
 | The Stare | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Fire Toast |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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