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Should I ship a Historical Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Historical
Only 14 developers shipped a Historical 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, Sherman Commander, 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: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×168 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,147) |
| Top 5% | $105k (exactly $105,265) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 357 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 9 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
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game 2017 · $340k 
Regency Solitaire 2015 · $201k 
Ancient Enemy 2020 · $197k 
Sherman Commander 2026 · $105k 
Regency Solitaire II 2024 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Ancient Enemy | older | $16.99 | 386 89% | 12k | $197k (exactly $196,744) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Sherman Commander | $29.99 | 117 64% | 3.5k | $105k (exactly $105,265) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. | |
| | Regency Solitaire II | older | $14.99 | 210 97% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | 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 |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2024 | older | $19.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Kerry Batts |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2026 | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Kerry Batts | |
 | It's time, Your Majesty | $6.99 | 77 64% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $16,147) | String studio | |
 | Oracle 5000 | $10.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $9.9k (exactly $9,891) | Tripple Y, 疯狂地蛋工作室 | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2027 | $24.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Kerry Batts | |
 | Pazleum | · EA | $9.90 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) | Pazl Studio |
 | Battle Hanafuda | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | SUZUKI PLAN, Yoji Suzuki |
 | Solitaire Deck | $4.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Breach Games | |
 | Cozy Paintings | $4.49 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Eliary Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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