Ideas for Solo Developers

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$30K /mo

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Offline idle RPG game

Indie game studio creating deep idle RPGs.

kayelleapps.com

$10K/mo

Email prioritization tool

Email management tool batching messages for focused productivity.

mailmanhq.com

$30K/mo

Idea	Revenue	Model	Growth	Customers	Tools	Details	Solo score A 0–100 estimate of how well-suited a business is to being run solo (or very lean). It blends team leanness, business model, growth channels, capital intensity, revenue per operator, tooling leverage and recency into one score. Higher = more solopreneur-friendly.
Offline idle RPG game kayelleapps.com Indie game studio creating deep idle RPGs.	$10K/mo	Subscription +3	Email marketing Word of mouth	Marketing influencers +2	DI HO	Founded 2024 · Solo founder · $5K to start	77	Build this
Email prioritization tool mailmanhq.com Email management tool batching messages for focused productivity.	$30K/mo	Subscription +2	Word of mouth Pay Per Click Advertising +1	Busy Professionals +12	PR +23	Founded 2020 · 5 people · $30K to start	67	Build this

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