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Desk Games

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $56K a year here, so Desk Games is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 46% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +1 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$56K/yr81K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 126 sellers

Flapen Score

Desk Games against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Desk Games is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Desk Games market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Desk Games 81K times last year and spent an estimated $56K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 81K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
81K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
$56Ka year
Peak month
December52.1× the quietest month
Top search term
desk games68K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $26.56.

Listings sell for $26.56 on average, from $5.43 to $221.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $26.56 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$26.56inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.43–$221.23
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #352 within Leisure Sports & Game Room. It carries 3,512 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.5%
Average rank
#352in Leisure Sports & Game Room
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,512per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Desk Games products & what they sell for

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

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

126

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

51%

  • Brand 115%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Desk Games search demand

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

125K75KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 52.1×

Search terms

Top Desk Games search terms shoppers use

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

  • desk games68K/yr
  • office game8K/yr
  • pub games6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Desk Games

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

42%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
15%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.5%of orders come back
“Super small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”15% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Desk Games questions

Answered from the same tracked data.