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Should I ship a Solitaire Trading Card Game?
Trading Card Game + Solitaire
Of 21 developers who shipped a Solitaire Trading Card 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.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Trading Card Game
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Trading Card Game, Solitaire; all of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Card Game, Strategy
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 197 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Trading Card Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Auto BattlerPoor odds
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
Sexy Jigsaw | 性感拼图 | 섹시 퍼즐 | セクシーなパズル 2018 · $26k 
It's time, Your Majesty 2025 · $16k 
Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 2 2017 · $15k 
Dreamy Duels ~ Tales of Heroes in Gensoukyo 2024 · EA · $6.2k 
Happy Poker 2025 · $5.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | It's time, Your Majesty | $6.99 | 77 64% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $16,147) | String studio | |
| | Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 2 | older | $8.99 | 57 85% | 1.7k | $15k (exactly $15,373) | rokaplay |
| | Dreamy Duels ~ Tales of Heroes in Gensoukyo | · EA older | $7.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | IGensoukyo |
| | Happy Poker | $4.99 | 36 80% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | VGameX | |
 | Kemotaku | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Kojika Games | |
 | BlackJack Math | older | $0.99 | 70 85% | 2.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,079) | Heavy Sheep |
 | XIII - A Final Game of Tarot With Death | $1.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $2.0k (exactly $2,030) | Indigo Dreams | |
 | 孑游列国 | older | $3.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Mystical95 Studio |
 | Arcano: The Trickery | older | $4.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Jonathan Calsolaro |
 | Battle Hanafuda | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | SUZUKI PLAN, Yoji Suzuki |
 | Just a Little Purr suit | $3.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Wise Box Studios | |
 | Card Streamer Simulator | $2.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Scissors Game | |
 | Choice Matters | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Nue Games | |
 | Battle Babes 3 | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Recoil Mojo | |
 | Fated All-In: Casino 5 Queens | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | TEAM OLDBOY_Levi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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