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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Solitaire game?
Local Multiplayer + Solitaire
Only 7 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer 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, Board game party, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60, ×0.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $4.4k, ×9.4 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,014 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Local Multiplayer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Last Call BBS 2022 · $732k 
Tsuro - The Game of The Path 2020 · $40k 
Khet 2.0 2014 · $35k 
Pro Strategy Football 2023 2022 · $32k 
Pro Strategy Football 2022 2021 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Last Call BBS | older | $19.99 | 1,220 94% | 37k | $732k (exactly $731,634) | Zachtronics |
| | Tsuro - The Game of The Path | older | $9.99 | 134 91% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $40,160) | Thunderbox Entertainment |
| | Khet 2.0 | older | $9.99 | 117 89% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | BlueLine Games |
| | 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 |
 | Cat Lady - The Card Game | older | $3.99 | 230 97% | 6.9k | $28k (exactly $27,531) | Nomad Games |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2025 | older | $19.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Kerry Batts |
 | Tents and Trees | older | $9.99 | 42 90% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Frozax Games |
 | Board game party | $2.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) | Willgw | |
 | Spikeball Smash | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | VRMonkey | |
 | All or Nothing | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | DeeGee Games | |
 | Cyber Classics Collection | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Blacksmith Forge | |
 | TicTacToeTwo | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | izi games | |
 | Tab + Notch | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HATCHgames |
 | Playful Day | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 芝兰之室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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