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Should I ship a Solitaire Word Game?
Solitaire + Word Game
Only 11 developers shipped a Solitaire Word 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, Wordatro!, 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.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 1 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $120k (exactly $120,180) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 30% on the market, supply 30% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Solitaire, Word Game
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 466 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. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Solitaire with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Retirement Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Wordatro! 2025 · $120k 
Knotwords 2022 · $19k 
Pay Back Girls 2026 · $11k 
Mini Words: Top Games 2020 · $3.5k | 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 |
| | Wordatro! | $9.99 | 401 85% | 12k | $120k (exactly $120,180) | Le Poulet | |
| | Knotwords | older | $11.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Zach Gage, Jack Schlesinger |
| | Pay Back Girls | $9.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | The Platypus | |
| | Mini Words: Top Games | older | $1.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $3.5k (exactly $3,463) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | WORDLAND | older | $1.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) | Robotizar Games |
 | Jixo: Summer Dreams Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Bloxi: The Word Game | older | $4.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Cherry Beam |
 | Emily_ | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Tetrabyte Games | |
 | WORDLAND - Let's Travel | older | $1.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) | Robotizar Games |
 | Jixo 4: Magical Nights Collector’s Edition | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Word Rave | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Gobico |
 | Beach Boys: Zodiac date | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Red Fables | |
 | Five Letters Only | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Shadorma Game Studios | |
 | 字得其乐WordJoy | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | chunq | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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