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Should I ship a Solitaire Time Management game?
Time Management + Solitaire
Only 14 developers shipped a Solitaire Time Management 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, Arcana Academy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 5% | $30k (exactly $30,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management, Solitaire; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Board Game, Card Game
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 113 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
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- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Retirement Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Arcana Academy 2025 · $30k 
Fantasy Quest Solitaire 2018 · $27k 
Age of Solitaire : Build Civilization 2022 · $8.7k 
Sudoku 2025 · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Retirement Simulator | · EA older | $13.99 | 3,757 34% | 113k | $1.6M (exactly $1,576,813) | DoubleThink Studio |
| | Arcana Academy | $14.99 | 67 71% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | 2A Studio | |
| | Fantasy Quest Solitaire | older | $8.99 | 99 82% | 3.0k | $27k (exactly $26,700) | rokaplay |
| | Age of Solitaire : Build Civilization | older | $9.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Eggtart Inc |
| | Sudoku | $4.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | The Alchemist Shop: An Apprentice's Life | older | $2.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Lumo Entertainment |
 | Before the battery´s over | older | $1.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $1.4k (exactly $1,433) | Parables Games |
 | Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale | older | $1.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | Minimol Games |
 | Jigsaw Puzzle World Memories | older | $1.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | Tribus Games Indie |
 | Ducky Clicker Idle Game | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | AntonioZu | |
 | Gambit's Escape | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Mechar Software | |
 | Aleator | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | the Millennium Bug | |
 | Vigilum | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | TXMSKA |
 | Dark Manor | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GearheadFoxGames | |
 | 仙灵图录 | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | LOSTDING | |
 | First Move: Classic Games Collection | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Johnny Mellado |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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