Games › Immersive Sim › Immersive Sim + Solitaire
Should I ship a Solitaire Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Solitaire
Only 12 developers shipped a Solitaire Immersive Sim 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: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×0.8 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 1675% on the market; 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) |
| Top 5% | $105k (exactly $105,265) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 1675% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Solitaire
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 222 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 8 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
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Sherman Commander 2026 · $105k 
GLASS2 2023 · $24k 
Pro Strategy Football 2026 2025 · $21k 
SUBARACITY 2019 · $3.9k 
Roulette Heist 2025 · $3.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sherman Commander | $29.99 | 117 64% | 3.5k | $105k (exactly $105,265) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. | |
| | GLASS2 | older | $3.99 | 204 76% | 6.1k | $24k (exactly $24,419) | TeamSnowball |
| | Pro Strategy Football 2026 | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Kerry Batts | |
| | SUBARACITY | older | $4.99 | 26 61% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | ESQUADRA,inc. |
| | Roulette Heist | $6.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Pazleum | · EA | $9.90 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) | Pazl Studio |
 | Forest 6174 | $2.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | itandfeel | |
 | Day at the Races | older | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Friday Night Software |
 | Slash Cash | $3.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | AnythingGames | |
 | Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale | older | $1.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | Minimol Games |
 | 手机时代 Mobile era | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | LI XIAOLEI | |
 | Beach Boys: Zodiac date | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Red Fables | |
 | Waifu Cards | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Slippy Floor | |
 | 桌面塔罗 Desktop Tarot | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | SpaceWizard64 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.