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Should I ship a Solitaire Puzzle Platformer?

Puzzle Platformer + Solitaire

Only 11 developers shipped a Solitaire Puzzle Platformer 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, The Pane Puzzle, 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 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 $240 against a market of $480. 6 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 565% on the market, 6 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Puzzle Platformer + Solitaire
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $150 → $0 → $1.9k → $449 → $1.5k
Outcomes for Puzzle Platformer + Solitaire: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $114 (exactly $114)
Median $239 (exactly $239)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,497)
Top 5% $1.9k (exactly $1,884)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 42
Announced 6
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $3.80

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 565% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Puzzle Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Solitaire
effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Puzzle Platformer, Solitaire
Price point
$3.80 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 63 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $240, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $1.8k.

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. 6 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + RomanceFair41 devs · median $1.5k · 38 announced
  2. + Inventory ManagementFair20 devs · median $1.1k · 26 announced
  3. + Life SimFair20 devs · median $657 · 21 announced
  4. + SimulationFair216 devs · median $479 · 181 announced
  5. + Grid-Based MovementFair62 devs · median $449 · 56 announced
  6. + SokobanFair51 devs · median $358 · 49 announced
  7. + LovecraftianPoor odds11 devs · median $9.3k · 22 announced
  8. + Co-op CampaignPoor odds26 devs · median $9.0k · 53 announced
  9. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds91 devs · median $5.3k · 264 announced
  10. + SwordplayPoor odds8 devs · median $4.2k · 19 announced
  11. + Split ScreenPoor odds24 devs · median $3.6k · 35 announced
  12. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.0k · 80 announced

All 169 pairs on the Puzzle Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! 2023 · $380k Sexy Jigsaw | 性感拼图 | 섹시 퍼즐 | セクシーなパズル 2018 · $26k Hidden Memory - Nature 2020 · $12k Sudoku Classic 2023 · $7.2k Passage 4 2016 · $4.9k
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.
Sexy Jigsaw | 性感拼图 | 섹시 퍼즐 | セクシーなパズル older $3.99 215 83% 6.5k $26k (exactly $25,736) ZOV GAME STUDIO
Hidden Memory - Nature older $4.99 77 87% 2.3k $12k (exactly $11,527) YAW Studios
Sudoku Classic older $5.99 40 92% 1.2k $7.2k (exactly $7,188) RucKyGAMES
Passage 4 older $8.99 18 83% 540 $4.9k (exactly $4,855) netmin games
Up and Down older $8.99 10 100% 300 $2.7k (exactly $2,697) Konstantin Pilipaka
Dungeon Slime 2: Puzzle in the Dark Forest older $1.99 45 97% 1.4k $2.7k (exactly $2,686) Daniel Siqueira Abdelnur
MENSEKI Area maze puzzles older $4.99 13 100% 390 $1.9k (exactly $1,946) Happymeal Inc.
The Pane Puzzle $2.99 21 95% 630 $1.9k (exactly $1,884) Error 300
Just a Little Purr suit $3.99 14 85% 420 $1.7k (exactly $1,676) Wise Box Studios
Sudoku Relax $4.99 10 90% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) RucKyGAMES
PokerSolitaire $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Imagineer Co., Ltd.
Žolík $3.51 4 100% 120 $421 (exactly $421) Valtrion Digital s.r.o.
Add Cross $2.99 4 100% 120 $359 (exactly $359) RucKyGAMES
Devour the Elixir $1.99 4 100% 120 $239 (exactly $239) 泉游工作室
plink $3.99 1 0% 30 $120 (exactly $120) XSGames
Mnemocyne complex · EA $3.80 1 100% 30 $114 (exactly $114) Jesking
仙灵图录 $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) LOSTDING

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.