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Should I ship a Space Solitaire game?
Solitaire + Space
Only 11 developers shipped a Space 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, Negative Space, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 620% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Solitaire
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 91% positive over 46 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MahjongFair
- + RomanceFair
- + CraftingFair
- + SimulationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + TacticalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
Comparable games
Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition 2016 · $127k 
Myha: Return to the Lost Island 2019 · $20k 
The Answer Is 42 2019 · $8.2k 
Catyph: The Kunci Experiment 2016 · $5.7k 
Negative Space 2025 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition | older | $19.99 | 211 60% | 6.3k | $127k (exactly $126,537) | Interplay Entertainment Corp. |
| | Myha: Return to the Lost Island | older | $14.99 | 45 75% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Denis Martin, Simon Says: Play! |
| | The Answer Is 42 | older | $1.99 | 138 95% | 4.1k | $8.2k (exactly $8,239) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | Catyph: The Kunci Experiment | older | $9.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Simon Says: Play! |
| | Negative Space | $7.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Tier 87 Games | |
 | Boinihi: The Ki Codex | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Simon Says: Play! |
 | Hextones | older | $0.99 | 70 92% | 2.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,079) | Nukearts Studio |
 | Sudoku Relax | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | RucKyGAMES | |
 | Starlight X-2: Space Sudoku | older | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Frozax Games |
 | Hextones: Spacetime | older | $1.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Nukearts Studio |
 | Xenogen | $7.49 | 4 100% | 120 | $899 (exactly $899) | Sylph | |
 | XenoCard | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Hanging Hand | |
 | Astra Ignota | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Xavi Artigas | |
 | Moon Garden Optimizer | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Tristan Miller | |
 | Five Letters Only | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Shadorma Game Studios | |
 | De-coding Armageddon | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | GambitGame | |
 | Recipiente | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Procer | |
 | Stella | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | oig |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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