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Snakes and Ladders

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But prices span $1.89–$14.72, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Snakes and Ladders is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 27% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +7 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£222K/yr346K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Snakes and Ladders against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Snakes and Ladders is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Snakes and Ladders market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Snakes and Ladders 346K times last year and spent an estimated £222K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 346K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £222K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
346K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.4%
Conversion, latest week
7.9%
Market size, estimated
£222Ka year
Peak month
December4.1× the quietest month
Top search term
snakes and ladders game for kids162K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.16.

Listings sell for £8.16 on average, from £1.89 to £14.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £8.16 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.89–£14.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£16K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #436 within Games & Accessories. It carries 2,456 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
8.1%
Average rank
#436in Games & Accessories
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,456per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Snakes and Ladders products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£18K£27K£36K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

69

Est. top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

34%

  • Navoys15%
  • Galt15%
  • Kids Play13%
  • DIVCHI8%
  • Orchard Toys8%
  • Bigjigs Toys7%

Demand

Snakes and Ladders search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.1×

Search terms

Top Snakes and Ladders search terms shoppers use

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

  • snakes and ladders game for kids162K/yr
  • snakes and ladders113K/yr
  • snakes and ladders board game52K/yr
  • snake and ladder board game10K/yr
  • snakes and ladders game9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Snakes and Ladders

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
31%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Returned as poor quality, felt flimsy”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”31% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Snakes and Ladders questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data