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Drinking Games

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -4.9% this quarter, so Drinking Games is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 29% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£188K/yr504K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Drinking Games against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Drinking Games is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Drinking Games market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Drinking Games 504K times last year and spent an estimated £188K. The top 5 brands take 42% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 504K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £188K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
504K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£188Ka year
Peak month
December5.6× the quietest month
Top search term
drinking games271K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.49.

Listings sell for £10.49 on average, from £4.45 to £22.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.49 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.45–£22.14
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

45% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #271 within Party Supplies. It carries 2,074 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
45%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
6.9%
Average rank
#271in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,074per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Drinking Games products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£11K£17K£23K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

42%

Top 20: 86%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

52%

  • These Cards Will Get You Drunk11%
  • L0famy9%
  • SMASHD.9%
  • Hlayshing7%
  • Berserk Games6%
  • KAWAII KOI6%

Demand

Drinking Games search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×

Search terms

Top Drinking Games search terms shoppers use

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

  • drinking games271K/yr
  • drinking games for adults96K/yr
  • drinking game56K/yr
  • adult drinking games18K/yr
  • drinking card games18K/yr
  • drinking card games for adults10K/yr
  • drinking6K/yr
  • truth or drink5K/yr
  • drinking card game5K/yr
  • drinking board games6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Drinking Games

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall13%+0.05

Quite small

Box small

Small

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%−0.12

which wasn't advertised

Not what I expected

not what is pictured

Value For Money11%

An expensive pack of playing cards

A little over priced for what it is

I did feel it was slightly overpriced at £14.99 for what is essentially a deck of cards

Fun/Entertainment Experience10%+4.29

Boring game

Not my kind of fun game

Functionality-Overall8%−0.06

Doesnt really work

This game doesn't work

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience55%+4.29

Fun game

Brilliant fun

Really fun family game

Ease Of Use9%−0.03

Easy to use

Easy to learn

Easy to play

Trivia Games8%+0.25

A great quiz card game that all the family can play

Brilliant game a Great family game

Good game for all the family, some thought provoking questions, some humorous

Value For Money6%

Worth it

Good price

good value for money

Quality-Overall5%−0.02

Good value & quality, arrived on time

Great product

The cards are a good quality

Return

0.8% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall20%▄█▆▄▄▂

Quite small

Box small

Small

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▄█▅▂▁▄

which wasn't advertised

Not what I expected

not what is pictured

Value For Money11%▅█▃▄▄▃

An expensive pack of playing cards

A little over priced for what it is

I did feel it was slightly overpriced at £14.99 for what is essentially a deck of cards

Gifting Purpose7%▇▁▆▁▆█
Product Condition7%▃▁▃█▁▆

FAQ

Common Drinking Games questions

Answered from the same tracked data.