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Should I ship a Nature Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Nature
Only 17 developers shipped a Nature 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, Zoominoes, 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: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $247k (exactly $246,885) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Solitaire; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Card Game, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 624 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 11 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
Zoominoes 2026 · $247k 
Solitaire Beach Season 2016 · $40k 
Tents and Trees 2024 · $13k 
Hidden Memory - Nature 2020 · $12k 
Sakura Day Mahjong 2018 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zoominoes | $14.99 | 549 91% | 16k | $247k (exactly $246,885) | Starlight Games inc. | |
| | Solitaire Beach Season | older | $14.99 | 88 76% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Creobit |
| | Tents and Trees | older | $9.99 | 42 90% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Frozax Games |
| | Hidden Memory - Nature | older | $4.99 | 77 87% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,527) | YAW Studios |
| | Sakura Day Mahjong | older | $14.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Creobit |
 | Instant Farmer - Logic Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 160 91% | 4.8k | $9.6k (exactly $9,552) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Buddy and Lucky Solitaire | older | $2.99 | 97 82% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Goritaire | $4.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Arc System Works | |
 | Twistingo: Bird Paradise Collector's Edition | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | MixoGames Ltd. |
 | Nature Mahjong | older | $14.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Melon Games |
 | Twistingo: Tree of Life Collector’s Edition | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | 🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸 | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Gossiam Games | |
 | Jixo: Summer Dreams Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | One Step Further | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SlidMount | |
 | Cational Meographic | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | AyiBoardgameCraft | |
 | Cosmo in Tarot: Tarot Study Simulator | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | YemixGames | |
 | Go! Chicken Jump! | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | YOUBEE | |
 | AGameAboutFishing | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | CreativityMindsGameStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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