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Should I ship a Medieval Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Medieval
Only 19 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Rainbow Legends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $35k, ×74 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 18 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $297 (exactly $297) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,073) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 115% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Solitaire; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Tabletop, Card Game, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 262 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 13 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
Faerie Solitaire Remastered 2017 · $177k 
Rainbow Legends 2026 · $35k 
Paper Kingdom 2025 · $25k 
Goldenjar Fall - Definitive Edition 2023 · $8.7k 
Dolmenjord - Viking Islands 2022 · $8.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Faerie Solitaire Remastered | older | $14.99 | 393 83% | 12k | $177k (exactly $176,732) | Subsoap |
| | Rainbow Legends | $12.99 | 90 74% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio | |
| | Paper Kingdom | $12.99 | 65 61% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | obece | |
| | Goldenjar Fall - Definitive Edition | older | $9.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Ardeal Studio |
| | Dolmenjord - Viking Islands | older | $2.99 | 92 85% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,252) | Mens Sana Interactive, Allan Postal |
 | Forests, Fields and Fortresses | older | $4.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
 | From Lex to Rex | older | $8.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | RexCorp |
 | Avalon Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Mahjong Royal Towers | older | $14.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Creobit |
 | Dracula Frames | older | $3.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | Caio Flavio |
 | Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats | $1.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | Pinel Games | |
 | Caemdale | $7.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | JRB | |
 | Battle Hanafuda | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | SUZUKI PLAN, Yoji Suzuki |
 | Argonauts Path | · EA | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | LittlePaladinGames |
 | Luxuriant | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Goblin Runt | |
 | Choice Matters | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Nue Games | |
 | Dealer's Doom | $0.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $297 (exactly $297) | HanchengMiao |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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