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Should I ship a Solitaire Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Solitaire
Of 122 developers who shipped a Solitaire Tabletop 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.. 82 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 77 developers shipped in the last year and 82 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,712) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 122 |
| Released games | 453 |
| Announced | 82 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 down 25% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Tabletop, Solitaire; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,584 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 52 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 82 games are announced against 77 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Stacklands 2022 · $7.0M 
Root 2020 · $2.3M 
Cardboard Town 2023 · $1.2M 
Faerie Solitaire 2010 · $612k 
The Solitaire Conspiracy 2020 · $267k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stacklands | older | $7.99 | 29,244 96% | 877k | $7.0M (exactly $7,009,787) | Sokpop Collective |
| | Root | older | $14.99 | 5,049 90% | 151k | $2.3M (exactly $2,270,535) | Dire Wolf |
| | Cardboard Town | older | $19.99 | 2,051 79% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) | Stratera Games, cukuto |
| | Faerie Solitaire | older | $14.99 | 1,361 89% | 41k | $612k (exactly $612,042) | Subsoap |
| | The Solitaire Conspiracy | older | $11.99 | 742 89% | 22k | $267k (exactly $266,897) | Bithell Games |
 | Dice Player One | older | $14.99 | 456 90% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | KDream |
 | Regency Solitaire | older | $11.99 | 559 96% | 17k | $201k (exactly $201,072) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Ancient Enemy | older | $16.99 | 386 89% | 12k | $197k (exactly $196,744) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
 | Mystic Vale | older | $12.99 | 384 89% | 12k | $150k (exactly $149,645) | Nomad Games |
 | Queens Casino | $9.99 | 311 98% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $93,207) | sartahouse | |
 | Factory Planner | · EA | $7.99 | 385 70% | 12k | $92k (exactly $92,284) | Lebleby Games |
 | A Solitaire Mystery | $9.99 | 278 91% | 8.3k | $83k (exactly $83,317) | Hempuli Oy | |
 | Rainbow Legends | $12.99 | 90 74% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio | |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | Paper Kingdom | $12.99 | 65 61% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | obece | |
 | Kungfu Card | · EA | $4.99 | 125 73% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | ZeroCastle Game Studio, Miwu Studio |
 | Decks of the Damned | $9.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Thorian Games | |
 | Cozy Solitaire | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | CozyPuzzleGames | |
 | It's time, Your Majesty | $6.99 | 77 64% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $16,147) | String studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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