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Should I ship a Physics Solitaire game?
Physics + Solitaire
Only 5 developers shipped a Physics 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, One Step Further, 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: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $54 against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $54 (exactly $54) |
| Top 25% | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 5% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Physics, 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,045 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Physics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! 2023 · $380k 
Mahjong 2017 · $177k 
SUBARACITY 2019 · $3.9k 
Mini Tone - Minimalist Puzzle 2019 · $3.0k 
Spicy Fruit 2024 · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! | older | $9.99 | 1,268 71% | 38k | $380k (exactly $380,020) | MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd. |
| | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
| | SUBARACITY | older | $4.99 | 26 61% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | ESQUADRA,inc. |
| | Mini Tone - Minimalist Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 50 78% | 1.5k | $3.0k (exactly $2,985) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | Spicy Fruit | older | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Juice Blade |
 | Super Korotama | older | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Catness Game Studios |
 | Fastlane Bowling | older | $2.99 | 16 25% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | LAB Rats Game |
 | Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait | older | $1.99 | 24 58% | 720 | $1.4k (exactly $1,433) | Boogygames Studios |
 | Vectors | older | $1.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Hanna Hanna Games |
 | Artur's Pinball | older | $0.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Artur Rezende |
 | One Step Further | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SlidMount | |
 | WIND CAT SOLITAIRE | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Kazeneko Games | |
 | Whooshy Dragon | $1.79 | 1 100% | 30 | $54 (exactly $54) | Nicolas Porion | |
 | Ding! Pocket It!: Rogue Simulator | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Handcrank Workshop | |
 | FUNDAMENTA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rangel Oblivion |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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