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Dark Souls

a small market ($27K/yr) — Dark Souls doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 7Growth 18Conversion 18Competition 24Returns 97Price range 82Avg price 95Brand share 34Review moat 97Quality gap 27
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Is Dark Souls profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dark Souls is a £27K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (72K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Dark Souls: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.8% over the last 90 days and 1.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£27K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr-13.8%72K
Conversion rate1.5%
Avg price£25.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 22
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market15%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement43%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews56

Top Dark Souls products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£1K£2K£3K£4K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Difuzed36%
  • TUBBZ18%
  • Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.12%
  • Nemesis Now11%
  • QKEOISUD7%
  • BSTCAR7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Dark Souls demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume72KCVR1.5%Products14Brands9Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.6★Reviews56Avg BSR#16,902
6K4KPrime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Top Dark Souls search terms shoppers use

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

  • dark souls56K/yr
  • dark souls merch7K/yr
  • dark souls merchandise9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dark Souls

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

50% of reviews
Print Quality50%

The print quality is nice

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews
Thickness50%

Its a bit thin

Dark Souls return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Quality-Overall
25%
2Durability
25%
3Defective Material/Parts
25%
4Gifting Purpose
25%

Common Dark Souls questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Dark Souls 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £27K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Dark Souls on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.6× the quietest.