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Should I ship a Detective Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Detective
Only 9 developers shipped a Detective 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, SherloCAT Holmes Nonogram, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $480. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 82% positive over 62 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + SportsFair
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Comparable games
Lianhai Casino 2022 · $22k 
Knotwords 2022 · $19k 
SherloCAT Holmes Nonogram 2024 · $6.6k 
Detective Solitaire. Butler Story 2019 · $5.8k 
Detective Solitaire Inspector Magic 2019 · $5.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lianhai Casino | older | $8.99 | 81 91% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,846) | 致意 |
| | Knotwords | older | $11.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Zach Gage, Jack Schlesinger |
| | SherloCAT Holmes Nonogram | $4.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | LUDO Thinking | |
| | Detective Solitaire. Butler Story | older | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Somer Games |
| | Detective Solitaire Inspector Magic | older | $14.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Somer Games |
 | Hexle | older | $5.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | PUNKCAKE Délicieux |
 | 808s&Genetics | older | $1.99 | 72 97% | 2.2k | $4.3k (exactly $4,298) | Magnesiumteng Machine |
 | Detective notes. Lighthouse Mystery Solitaire | older | $6.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | DigiMight |
 | Detective Solitaire The Ghost Agency 2 | older | $14.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Somer Games |
 | Detective Solitaire. Butler Story 2 | older | $14.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Melon Games |
 | Only Cards | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Grim's Studio | |
 | The Room in a Glass Box | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | XSGames | |
 | 桌面塔罗 Desktop Tarot | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | SpaceWizard64 | |
 | O Monumento | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Allun | |
 | Dark Manor | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GearheadFoxGames | |
 | 仙灵图录 | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | LOSTDING | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture | |
 | Puzzleverse | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XSGames | |
 | Tarot Gambit | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XiaoyaoYi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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