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Should I ship a Solitaire Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Solitaire
Only 5 developers shipped a Solitaire Walking Simulator 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, Dark Atlas: Infernum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers 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 $480. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,538) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Solitaire
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fixed rules, cards and a table
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator, Solitaire
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $1.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 659 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 12 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WarFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
Tested on Humans: Escape Room 2021 · $130k 
Myha: Return to the Lost Island 2019 · $20k 
Dark Atlas: Infernum 2025 · $18k 
Falta 2021 · $4.3k 
The Darkest Island 2020 · $3.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tested on Humans: Escape Room | older | $9.99 | 434 87% | 13k | $130k (exactly $130,070) | mc2games |
| | Myha: Return to the Lost Island | older | $14.99 | 45 75% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Denis Martin, Simon Says: Play! |
| | Dark Atlas: Infernum | $14.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Night Council Studio | |
| | Falta | older | $4.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Revolto Software |
| | The Darkest Island | older | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Gamix Studios |
 | Forest 6174 | $2.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | itandfeel | |
 | TAXIDERMY | older | $3.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | Fernando Tittz |
 | Aeternum Grand Plaza | $7.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | BD STUDIO | |
 | Hidden Shapes Black Skull - Jigsaw Puzzle Game | older | $1.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | YAW Studios |
 | Resultarias | · EA older | $2.49 | 12 100% | 360 | $896 (exactly $896) | Null Comma |
 | One Step Further | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SlidMount | |
 | Fokkland | · EA | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | GearheadFoxGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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