Indie · Platformer · Puzzle: where the solo math is least punishing this week

72 solo titles·33% saturation

You know the feeling of opening a store page you love and quietly doing the arithmetic on whether one person could have built it. This week the numbers point somewhere specific.

Across the 72 solo-built games tagged Indie · Platformer · Puzzle, 11% cleared the bar we count as a genuine win — the strongest solo track record anywhere on this week's board. The lane runs 33% saturation: busy, but there's still daylight.

The honest asterisk: 72 titles is a modest sample, so treat 11% as a lean, not a law. Point your next month here because the odds are kinder — not because they're a sure thing.

The Board · ranks 2–10

02GH

Grand Strategy · Historical

15% of 20 titles · 32% sat

03FW

FPS · World War II

15% of 20 titles · 36% sat

04SS

Sci-fi · Space · Strategy

11% of 35 titles · 30% sat

05AC

Action · Co-op · Multiplayer

11% of 28 titles · 31% sat

06IP

Indie · Physics · Puzzle

9% of 44 titles · 34% sat

07AO

Action · Open World

6% of 145 titles · 34% sat

08IP

Indie · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer

8% of 49 titles · 34% sat

09AA

Action · Adventure · Third Person

8% of 36 titles · 31% sat

10RS

RTS · Space

10% of 20 titles · 34% sat

Why we frame it this way

We could dress these numbers up. "92% opportunity" reads better than "11% of 28 solo titles broke through." But you've shipped enough to know which one actually helps you decide. Low odds, named honestly with the denominator attached, are a map. Hype is just a nicer way to spend the one real shot you get this year. Pick the lane that fits what you can actually build — and go.

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