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Should I ship a Solitaire Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Solitaire
Of 27 developers who shipped a Solitaire Point & Click game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 17 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,949) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 139 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 down 55% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Solitaire; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Incremental, Card Game
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 2,501 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M 
Tested on Humans: Escape Room 2021 · $130k 
Alice's Patchworks 2 2016 · $88k 
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016 · $87k 
Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards 2015 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forbidden Solitaire | $15.99 | 2,245 96% | 67k | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) | Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertai… (Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment) | |
| | Tested on Humans: Escape Room | older | $9.99 | 434 87% | 13k | $130k (exactly $130,070) | mc2games |
| | Alice's Patchworks 2 | older | $14.99 | 196 83% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Creobit |
| | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
| | Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards | older | $14.99 | 88 72% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Creobit |
 | Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 463 94% | 14k | $28k (exactly $27,641) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡 | older | $3.99 | 177 88% | 5.3k | $21k (exactly $21,187) | ImaginationOverflow |
 | Zombie Solitaire | older | $8.99 | 73 76% | 2.2k | $20k (exactly $19,688) | rokaplay |
 | Asian Riddles | older | $14.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Creobit |
 | Jewel Match Solitaire Fantasy - Collector's Edition | $13.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,949) | Suricate Software | |
 | Grizzly Man | $8.99 | 52 90% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | LCB Game Studio | |
 | No Vacancy Tonight | $8.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Momiji Games | |
 | Jewel Match Solitaire Winterscapes 3 - Collector's Edition | $13.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $5.9k (exactly $5,876) | Suricate Software | |
 | Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats | $1.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | Pinel Games | |
 | Nora: In Search of Hidden Ingredients | $7.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Error 300 | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | Find-o'-Lantern | $2.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | Error 300 | |
 | Twistingo: Tree of Life Collector’s Edition | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | MixoGames Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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