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Mind Games

a small market ($20K/yr) — Mind Games doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Market size 5Growth 20Conversion 22Competition 58Returns 96Price range 56Avg price 39Brand share 62Review moat 24Quality gap 42
This niche Category average

Is Mind Games profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mind Games is a £20K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (108K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Mind Games: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£20K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-10.7%108K
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£10.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand, so 32% of the market is open.

32%

open market share

Brands · sellers26 · 145
Top-5 product click share50%
Open market32%
Avg brand age43 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 36 products

Sponsored placement61%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,991

Top Mind Games 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 take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£803£2K£2K£3K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

145

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

30%

  • SmartGames38%
  • Learning Resources12%
  • The Happy Puzzle Company11%
  • ThinkFun5%
  • Hasbro Gaming3%
  • Starnearby3%

Mind Games demand & seasonality

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

Volume108KCVR1.7%Products36Brands26Top 5 Brands68%OOS Rate1.4%Rating4.5★Reviews4,991Avg BSR#172
2K1KJan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Mind Games search terms shoppers use

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

  • brain games21K/yr
  • puzzle games for kids15K/yr
  • 1 player games9K/yr
  • mind games12K/yr
  • single player games7K/yr
  • logic games8K/yr
  • one player games6K/yr
  • brain puzzles for kids5K/yr
  • brain game4K/yr
  • puzzle games for kids age 10-128K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mind Games

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Fun/Entertainment Experience56%

Fun family game

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to learn

Gifting Purpose6%

It was a gift

Trivia Games4%

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

Quality-Overall4%

The build quality feels solid

What buyers complain about

54% of reviews
Size-Overall21%

Package smaller than expected

Value For Money10%

Very expensive too

Quality-Overall6%

Could be improved

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%

Like all games the instructions make it sound more complicated than it is

Touch/Button Controls3%

none of the buttons work

Mind Games return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

44%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
29%
2Gifting Purpose
13%
3Quality-Overall
7%
4Functionality-Overall
7%
5Value For Money
7%

Common Mind Games questions

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

Flapen scores Mind Games 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £20K/yr across 36 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days.
Mind Games buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Value For Money, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.