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Should I ship a Female-Led Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Female Protagonist
Only 9 developers shipped a Female-Led 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, One Turn Kill, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×6.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) |
| Top 5% | $354k (exactly $354,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 170% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 3,608 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MahjongFair
- + RomanceFair
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Card BattlerLong shot
Comparable games
One Turn Kill 2026 · $354k 
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game 2017 · $340k 
Regency Solitaire 2015 · $201k 
Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret 2018 · $106k 
Regency Solitaire II 2024 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | One Turn Kill | $7.99 | 1,478 95% | 44k | $354k (exactly $354,277) | DenDen | |
| | Shadowhand: RPG Card Game | older | $16.99 | 668 82% | 20k | $340k (exactly $340,480) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Regency Solitaire | older | $11.99 | 559 96% | 17k | $201k (exactly $201,072) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret | older | $14.99 | 235 73% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $105,680) | Somer Games |
| | Regency Solitaire II | older | $14.99 | 210 97% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Alice's Patchworks 2 | older | $14.99 | 196 83% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Creobit |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | Picross Fairytale: Legend of the Mermaid | older | $14.99 | 48 52% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Somer Games |
 | Asian Riddles | older | $14.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Creobit |
 | Dissembler | older | $4.99 | 110 90% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,467) | Ian MacLarty |
 | Grime&Gold | $4.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Pemdora, Zakku, Spartaqui | |
 | Avalon Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Card Rogue | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Game Tsukuru Kun | |
 | CharmEdge Deck | $2.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | ChuQingHun | |
 | Girlfriend Strip Blackjack | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | AsianGFModels.com | |
 | Mahjong House: Challenge All Achievements | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | TMG | |
 | Fokkland | · EA | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GearheadFoxGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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