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Should I ship a Solitaire Idler?
Idler + Solitaire
Only 8 developers shipped a Solitaire Idler 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, Dice People, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $270 against a market of $120. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $64k (exactly $64,494) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Idler, Solitaire
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $4.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 43% positive over 4,569 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Idler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + FPSFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + CapitalismFair
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Comparable games
Retirement Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Dice People 2025 · $64k 
The Little Trashmaid Puzzletime 2021 · $3.9k 
Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait 2017 · $1.4k 
Casino Slot Machines 2017 · $1.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Retirement Simulator | · EA older | $13.99 | 3,757 34% | 113k | $1.6M (exactly $1,576,813) | DoubleThink Studio |
| | Dice People | $2.99 | 719 90% | 22k | $64k (exactly $64,494) | Mateusk2m, Manodeix | |
| | The Little Trashmaid Puzzletime | older | $4.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Josh Larsen, s0s2 |
| | Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait | older | $1.99 | 24 58% | 720 | $1.4k (exactly $1,433) | Boogygames Studios |
| | Casino Slot Machines | older | $1.99 | 22 45% | 660 | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) | Boogygames Studios |
 | Work Sucks, Let’s Play Dou Dizhu! | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Schelling Point | |
 | 摸鱼拼图/Easy Jigsaw Puzzle | older | $0.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $327 (exactly $327) | chengguogamelimitedcompany |
 | Hexseeker | older | $5.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $300 (exactly $300) | bankbank |
 | Ducky Clicker Idle Game | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | AntonioZu | |
 | 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 | |
 | Rainy Waifu | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Morf Games | |
 | Waifu Chef | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Morf Games | |
 | Tossin Tads! | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darken Studios | |
 | Blue Clicker | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BoRumGG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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