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Should I ship a Solitaire Visual Novel?
Visual Novel + Solitaire
Only 11 developers shipped a Solitaire Visual Novel 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, Forbidden Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $120. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,024) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.40 |
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 6715% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Visual Novel, Solitaire
- Price point
- $8.40 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 2,418 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M 
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game 2017 · $340k 
Regency Solitaire 2015 · $201k 
Ancient Enemy 2020 · $197k 
Regency Solitaire II 2024 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forbidden Solitaire | $15.99 | 2,245 96% | 67k | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) | Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertai… (Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment) | |
| | Shadowhand: RPG Card Game | older | $16.99 | 668 82% | 20k | $340k (exactly $340,480) | Grey Alien Games |
| | 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 |
| | Regency Solitaire II | older | $14.99 | 210 97% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | GLASS2 | older | $3.99 | 204 76% | 6.1k | $24k (exactly $24,419) | TeamSnowball |
 | Milf City | older | $1.99 | 320 85% | 9.6k | $19k (exactly $19,104) | Milk Poison |
 | Slide Stories: Neko's Journey | older | $9.99 | 59 98% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Remix Games, Gregory Oliveira |
 | Grizzly Man | $8.99 | 52 90% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | LCB Game Studio | |
 | Pay Back Girls | $9.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | The Platypus | |
 | Fortiori | $8.40 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.3k (exactly $2,268) | 79GAMES | |
 | Girlfriend Strip Blackjack | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | AsianGFModels.com | |
 | Beach Boys: Zodiac date | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Red Fables | |
 | Waifu Cards | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Slippy Floor | |
 | Fated All-In: Casino 5 Queens | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | TEAM OLDBOY_Levi | |
 | 仙灵图录 | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | LOSTDING |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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