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Flight Simulator

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.4% of searches, so Flight Simulator is a Fail.

Flapen Score
25
25 / 100
Ranks 1,777 of 1,823 Elektronik & Foto niches · −19 vs the category median of 44
Market size
€129K/yr180K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
92%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 93 sellers

Flapen Score

Flight Simulator against its category

The dotted line is the Elektronik & Foto average. Past it, Flight Simulator is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

25Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Flight Simulator market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Flight Simulator 180K times last year and spent an estimated €129K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 25 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 180K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €129K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
180K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.4%
Market size, estimated
€129Ka year
Peak month
November3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
flight simulator55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €198.03.

Listings sell for €198.03 on average, from €68.93 to €342.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At €198.03 that is €0 to €20K a year per listing.

Average price
€198.03above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€68.93–€342.48
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
€0–€20K
Returns
6.7%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #263 within Batterien, Akkus & Zubehör. It carries 1,179 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#263in Batterien, Akkus & Zubehör
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
1,179per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Flight Simulator products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 92% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

93

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 412%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Flight Simulator search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Flight Simulator search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • flight simulator55K/yr
  • flugsimulator51K/yr
  • flugsimulator zubehör25K/yr
  • flight sim12K/yr
  • flugsimulator pc13K/yr
  • flugzeug simulator9K/yr
  • flug simulator8K/yr
  • flugsimulator cockpit7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Flight Simulator

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

16%of positive reviews mention “Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis”
17%of negative reviews mention “Griff”
6.7%of orders come back
“Auf Parkett kann das Pedal beim Gebrauch verrutschen”
A buyer, on “Griff”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Flight Simulator questions

Answered from the same tracked data.