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Should I ship a Romance Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Romance
Only 11 developers shipped a Romance 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, Shadowhand Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×9.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 360% on the market; 8 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,861) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 360% on the market, supply 165% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 147 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 games are announced against 8 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
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Card BattlerLong shot
Comparable games
Regency Solitaire 2015 · $201k 
Regency Solitaire II 2024 · $94k 
Solitaire Beach Season 2016 · $40k 
Shadowhand Solitaire 2024 · $27k 
GLASS2 2023 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Regency Solitaire | older | $11.99 | 559 96% | 17k | $201k (exactly $201,072) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Regency Solitaire II | older | $14.99 | 210 97% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Solitaire Beach Season | older | $14.99 | 88 76% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Creobit |
| | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
| | GLASS2 | older | $3.99 | 204 76% | 6.1k | $24k (exactly $24,419) | TeamSnowball |
 | Milf City | older | $1.99 | 320 85% | 9.6k | $19k (exactly $19,104) | Milk Poison |
 | Jewel Match Solitaire L'Amour | older | $9.99 | 55 92% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Suricate Software |
 | How Buddy’s parents met - a jigsaw puzzle tale | older | $1.99 | 217 90% | 6.5k | $13k (exactly $12,955) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Pay Back Girls | $9.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | The Platypus | |
 | Christmas Mahjong | older | $14.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Creobit |
 | Seven Seas Jewels 2 Collector's Edition | $15.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Sudoku Relax | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | RucKyGAMES | |
 | See-Through Shanghai | $8.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | BLAZER inc | |
 | Monster Girls Pieces | $1.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Rodrigo Piedras | |
 | LUST BET - Milf Edition | $6.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Sweet Mouse Games | |
 | Beach Boys: Zodiac date | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Red Fables | |
 | Fated All-In: Casino 5 Queens | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | TEAM OLDBOY_Levi | |
 | Waifu Gamers | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Morf Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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