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Games

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $14.2M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.2% of searches, so Games is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 4% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +17 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$14.2M/yr55.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
15%top-5 click share · 79 brands · 537 sellers

Flapen Score

Games against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Games market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Games 55.7M times last year and spent an estimated $14.2M. The top 5 brands take 41% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 55.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $14.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
55.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
$14.2Ma year
Peak month
December4.6× the quietest month
Top search term
games16.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.77.

Listings sell for $20.77 on average, from $4.94 to $221.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $20.77 that is $83K to $104K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.94–$221.51
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$83K–$104K
Returns
1.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within Dedicated Deck Card Games. It carries 11,534 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#77in Dedicated Deck Card Games
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
11,534per listing
Listings tracked
146

04 · Newcomers

11 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 11 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top 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 only 15% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

79 falling

Sellers

537

Top-5 brand share

41%

Top 20: 70%

Top-5 click share

15%

Top 20: 42%

Open market

56%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Games search demand

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

4.0M3.0MSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Search terms

Top Games search terms shoppers use

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

  • games16.1M/yr
  • board games11.3M/yr
  • kids games5.3M/yr
  • card games3.1M/yr
  • game2.4M/yr
  • board game1.7M/yr
  • travel games1.1M/yr
  • fun1.0M/yr
  • board games for adults2.1M/yr
  • family games2.4M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Games

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

61%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
12%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.7%of orders come back
“Cheap quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”12% 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 Games questions

Answered from the same tracked data.