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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Psychological Horror
Only 12 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, Dark Atlas: Infernum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.3k against a market of $480. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,268) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,538) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 up 2325% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 282 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
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
SHENZHEN I/O 2016 · $1.7M 
Mahjong 2017 · $177k 
Purple Place - Classic Games 2023 · $138k 
Deca 2021 · $24k 
Dark Atlas: Infernum 2025 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SHENZHEN I/O | older | $14.99 | 3,746 95% | 112k | $1.7M (exactly $1,684,576) | Zachtronics |
| | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
| | Purple Place - Classic Games | older | $1.99 | 2,305 85% | 69k | $138k (exactly $137,608) | Sam Cohle |
| | Deca | older | $18.99 | 43 83% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $24,497) | Chrome Horizon 3D |
| | Dark Atlas: Infernum | $14.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Night Council Studio | |
 | Find Me: Horror Game | older | $11.99 | 31 48% | 930 | $11k (exactly $11,151) | KalaOh Games |
 | KUNKUN League | $2.99 | 123 98% | 3.7k | $11k (exactly $11,033) | Seal | |
 | Thanksgiving Day Mosaic | older | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Creobit |
 | Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One | $4.50 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) | RedDot Studios | |
 | No Vacancy Tonight | $8.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Momiji Games | |
 | Forest 6174 | $2.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | itandfeel | |
 | Fortiori | $8.40 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.3k (exactly $2,268) | 79GAMES | |
 | One Step Further | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SlidMount | |
 | The Stare | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Fire Toast | |
 | Dark Manor | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GearheadFoxGames | |
 | Zumbido Seele | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Cristopher Rebellato Alexis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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