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pac man

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A small market ($39K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 10Growth 10Conversion 26Competition 33Returns 75Price range 81Avg price 95Brand share 40Review moat 63Quality gap 60

Avg price

Incredible€26.10

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great€2.40–€73.51

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Returns

Great2.0%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Good984.22

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Brand share

Okay81%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Competition

Okay65%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Conversion

Okay2.1%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Market size

Bad€39K

€39K/yr · 73K searches

Growth

Bad-29.6%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, pac man is a €39K/yr Amazon Germany market (73K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

pac man market data

Units sold / yr
1K–2K
avg 0–100/product
Revenue / yr
€33K–€39K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
2.1%
Avg BSR
#1,288
Page quality
0%
Prime
89%
Sponsored
50%
Out of stock
0.4%
Avg brand age
49 months
Avg seller age
188 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

104

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Gigamic60%
  • PETIBU7%
  • Paladone6%
  • Pacman5%
  • MY ARCADE4%
  • ZLLkeji3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 29 weeks — -29.6% search growth over the last 90 days.
3K2KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top pac man search terms

  • pacman25K/yr
  • pac man20K/yr
  • quoridor13K/yr
  • quoridor spiel7K/yr
  • pacman spiel7K/yr
All search terms

Top pac man products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%€4K20%€8K30%€12K40%€16K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 18 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about pac man

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis58%

“Super Spiel”

Quizspiele13%

“Tolles interaktives Quiz-Game”

Qualität insgesamt6%

“Ganz lustige Muster, tolle Qualität”

Anleitung/Benutzerhandbuch/Fehlerbehebung2%

“Einfache und Logische Anweisungen leicht zu verstehn”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis2%

“Der Kauf lohnt sich”

Gesamtgröße2%

“Passt”

Produktzustand2%

“Neue gut”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit2%

“Je mehr Geräte, desto einfacher”

Touch-/Tastensteuerung1%

“Es macht riesigen Spaß, dass man das Spiel mit dem Tablet oder Smartphone steuert”

Materialqualität1%

“Gutes Material und gute Verarbeitung”

What buyers complain about

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis19%

“Macht keinen Spaß”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis12%

“Es ist wie eine viel zu teure App, da der Rest nicht benötigt wird”

Funktionalität insgesamt9%

“Lief nicht richtig”

Konnektivität – insgesamt6%

“Bei uns ist während der Runden öfter mal die Verbindung abgebrochen”

Gewicht schwer5%

“Etwas schwer”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit5%

“Nicht spielbar”

Qualität insgesamt4%

“Produkt hat derzeit leider mangelnde Qualität”

Helligkeit/Glanz/Glühen4%

“Lampe leuchtet nur schwach in dem abgebildeten Blau”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt3%

“Irreführende Abbildungen”

Design insgesamt3%

“das UX-Design sieht nicht wirklich gut aus.”

Top return reasons

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt10%
Funktionalität insgesamt10%
Produktzustand10%
Defekt Material/Teile8%
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%
Gesamtgröße7%
Kompatibilität – insgesamt7%
Materialqualität6%
Qualität insgesamt5%
Geschenk Zweck5%

Common questions

Is pac man profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
The niche generates €39K/yr across 18 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -29.6%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (40/100).
How competitive is the pac man niche?
13 brands and 104 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 65% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 81% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in pac man?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis, Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Funktionalität insgesamt. The return rate is 2.0%.
What does it cost to enter the pac man niche?
Listings span €2.40–€73.51; the average listing price is €26.10 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 984 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.