Should I ship a Mahjong game?
Mahjong
Of 53 developers who shipped a Mahjong 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.. 46 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×6.8 the market's $120 for a 1 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 46 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 5% | $287k (exactly $287,113) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 160 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 30% on the market, supply 185% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mahjong
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Mahjong
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 6,321 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Mahjong
- Tabletop + Mahjong Fair $1.2k
- Board Game + Mahjong Fair $1.1k
- Mahjong + Solitaire Fair $1.1k
- Puzzle + Mahjong Fair $807
- Strategy + Mahjong Fair $779
- Logic + Mahjong Fair $779
- Card Game + Mahjong Fair $748
Comparable games
Demonic Mahjong 2025 · $2.0M 
Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns 2026 · $666k 
Aotenjo: Infinite Hands 2025 · EA · $287k 
Mahjong 2017 · $177k 
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle 2015 · $137k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demonic Mahjong | $16.99 | 3,875 95% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,975,087) | Boxed Lighting Games | |
| | Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns | $29.99 | 740 80% | 22k | $666k (exactly $665,778) | ILLUMINATION | |
| | Aotenjo: Infinite Hands | · EA | $9.99 | 958 87% | 29k | $287k (exactly $287,113) | XO Cat |
| | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
| | Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle | older | $14.99 | 304 63% | 9.1k | $137k (exactly $136,709) | Zoo Corporation |
 | TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG | $34.99 | 109 46% | 3.3k | $114k (exactly $114,417) | D.N.A. Softwares | |
 | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition | older | $14.99 | 187 64% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $84,094) | Zoo Corporation |
 | Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire | older | $4.99 | 545 76% | 16k | $82k (exactly $81,586) | Zoo Corporation |
 | Mahjong Magic Journey | older | $14.99 | 136 80% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Creobit |
 | Feng Shui Meowjong | $4.99 | 276 95% | 8.3k | $41k (exactly $41,317) | Wavebreak Studio | |
 | 纵横麻将 Matrix Mahjong | $9.99 | 66 90% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Chao8games | |
 | Kungfu Card | · EA | $4.99 | 125 73% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | ZeroCastle Game Studio, Miwu Studio |
 | dirtbag MAHJONG | $9.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | paranoodle | |
 | Anomaly Mahjong | $4.99 | 94 65% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $14,072) | YUTAMARO WORLD | |
 | Agari — Riichi Mahjong | $6.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Ryan Sullenberger |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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