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Should I ship a Solitaire Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Solitaire
Only 6 developers shipped a Solitaire Turn-Based 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, Sweep, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based, Solitaire
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 6,414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Dice & Fold 2024 · $1.4M 
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game 2017 · $340k 
Faerie Solitaire Remastered 2017 · $177k 
Mystic Vale 2019 · $150k 
Solitairica 2016 · $131k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dice & Fold | older | $12.99 | 3,491 83% | 105k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,443) | Tinymice Entertainment |
| | Shadowhand: RPG Card Game | older | $16.99 | 668 82% | 20k | $340k (exactly $340,480) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Faerie Solitaire Remastered | older | $14.99 | 393 83% | 12k | $177k (exactly $176,732) | Subsoap |
| | Mystic Vale | older | $12.99 | 384 89% | 12k | $150k (exactly $149,645) | Nomad Games |
| | Solitairica | older | $9.99 | 436 78% | 13k | $131k (exactly $130,669) | Righteous Hammer Games |
 | Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret | older | $14.99 | 235 73% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $105,680) | Somer Games |
 | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | FreeCell Quest | older | $9.99 | 278 81% | 8.3k | $83k (exactly $83,317) | Legend Studio |
 | Mahjong Magic Journey | older | $14.99 | 136 80% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Creobit |
 | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | Sweep | $6.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | On.Production | |
 | Caemdale | $7.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | JRB | |
 | Just a Little Purr suit | $3.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Wise Box Studios | |
 | Another Round | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Triple Eye Games | |
 | How Can a Joker Like Me Play Cards with a Beautiful Girl | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | 可布和常常诶 | |
 | Territors | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Stoforge Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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