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Squid Game

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Squid Game is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 32% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +5 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£40K/yr389K searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 141 sellers

Flapen Score

Squid Game against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Squid Game is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Squid Game market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Squid Game 389K times last year and spent an estimated £40K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 389K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £40K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
389K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£40Ka year
Peak month
February8.1× the quietest month
Top search term
squid game222K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.62.

Listings sell for £13.62 on average, from £3.73 to £71.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £13.62 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.62under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.73–£71.14
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

54% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,243 within Games & Accessories. It carries 273 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
54%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.0%
Average rank
#1,243in Games & Accessories
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
273per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Squid Game 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

141

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

38%

  • Generic15%
  • IMC Toys14%
  • Funko12%
  • MEGA9%
  • Grupo Erik6%
  • KATIMI5%

Demand

Squid Game search demand

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

80K60KPrime Day '25Black Friday '25FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.1×

Search terms

Top Squid Game search terms shoppers use

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

  • squid game222K/yr
  • squid games39K/yr
  • squid game toys33K/yr
  • squid game lego10K/yr
  • squid game merch22K/yr
  • squid game figures5K/yr
  • squid game doll6K/yr
  • squid game plush6K/yr
  • squid game games8K/yr
  • squid games toys4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Squid Game

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

Complain

Quality-Overall20%+2.56

Not good quality

Poor quality

Poor product

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%−0.10

would like a refund as this is not at all what was advertised

Not as described and missing pieces

the items werent the same as the pictures as if the pictures was too good to be true

Durability10%−0.06

coming off already

they constantly fall out

1st lasted about an hour

Precious Gemstone10%−0.06

The stones are constantly falling out and my son has hurt his fingers too trying to get the light to stop flickering off and on and just renaming on

Stones are useless

the stones are useless

Size-Overall10%−0.06

Box doesnt fit together to close

Love

Quality-Overall33%+2.56

Very good excellent quality very bright

Excellent quality for the price made a great party bag gift

Good quality

Fun/Entertainment Experience26%+1.04

Works well and is a fun novelty toy

Very enjoyable

I still had fun playing them

Value For Money17%+0.65

It is a cheap price

Well priced

Very cheap and very good and I would buy million times

Gifting Purpose10%+0.65

Was brought as a present

was told it was the perfect present

Perfect for a gift for my nephew

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%−0.10

just what he wanted

Return

1.4% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall18%█▅▁▁▂▃

Not good quality

Poor quality

Poor product

Size-Overall13%▁▁▄█▄▁

Box doesnt fit together to close

Durability10%▁▁▅▆█▁

coming off already

they constantly fall out

1st lasted about an hour

Precious Gemstone8%▁▃▁▆█▁

The stones are constantly falling out and my son has hurt his fingers too trying to get the light to stop flickering off and on and just renaming on

Stones are useless

the stones are useless

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▁▁▆█▁▁

would like a refund as this is not at all what was advertised

Not as described and missing pieces

the items werent the same as the pictures as if the pictures was too good to be true

FAQ

Common Squid Game questions

Answered from the same tracked data.