Opportunities › Steam trading card and achievement automation › Proposed app
Dropwise
One queue for Steam card drops and achievement progress
- Score
- 18
- confidence 41
- Evidence
- 2
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 3
- named in sources
- First version
- 35 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2013
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: The queue building and library analysis happen at a desk, while remote control from a phone lets users manage card drops and achievements from anywhere. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Library
Profile synced212 drops
About this appAI proposal
Dropwise is a dashboard for PC gamers with large Steam libraries. It reads your profile, shows which games still have card drops and which achievements are within reach, and builds one ordered queue so you stop switching between separate tools.
A small helper runs on your own PC and carries out the queue through the Steam client you already use. Your Steam password never reaches our servers. The dashboard works in the browser and as an installed app, so you can check progress or change the queue from your phone.
Instead of assembling scripts yourself, you get card farming, idling and achievement planning in one place, with plain notes on what each action does and what risk it may carry for your account.
- Tagline
- Fewer tools. One queue. Cards and achievements on autopilot.
- Voice
- PlainCandidCalm
- Why this name
- A drop is what a card does; wise means choosing with open eyes about order and risk. Two plain words, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Unified library view
See every game with remaining card drops, achievement progress and hours in one sortable list instead of three tools.
No member yet
Smart card queue
Orders games by drops left so the queue finishes sooner. Reorder by hand or pause any game.
No member yet
Achievement targets
Pick achievements to chase and see which come from time played and which need real play.
No member yet
Remote control from your phone
Start, pause or reorder the queue from the installed web app while the helper runs at home.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Fewer tools. One queue. Cards and achievements on autopilot.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test, based on the opportunity's idea of subscription or one-time licence.
Free
Free
- Library view
- Card queue, 1 game at a time
- Progress history, 7 days
Plus
$4 a month
- Parallel queue
- Achievement targets
- Phone remote control
- Full progress history
Lifetime
$49 once
- Everything in Plus
- Updates for 2 years
Would you pay Plus · $4 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- No loop in the product. Reaches customers through content, community posts and search. Users run it privately on their own PC, and nothing it makes is shown to other people.
- Do they become customers?
- Exposure is not the issue; reach is. Test whether guides and forum posts bring free sign-ups, and how many convert to Plus within 30 days.
- First customers
- PC gamers with 200 or more Steam games who already run a farming or idling tool and want one simpler interface.
- Where to reach them
- Steam collector communities: Post honest comparisons and setup guides in card and achievement collector forums and subreddits.
- GitHub issue threads: Answer questions where users of current tools ask for an easier, single interface.
- Short video guides: Publish walkthroughs of moving from several tools to one queue.
- First milestone
- Fifty helper installs and ten paying subscribers among collectors within eight weeks.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 746 stars in 878 days
- Public claimPlayers use multiple fragmented tools to farm trading cards, manage achievements, and idle games
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Desktop helperSmall local app that talks to the Steam clientA PWA cannot run games or idle on a PC, so a local helper carries out the queue.
- This app · RealtimeSupabase Realtime channelsSends queue commands and status between the phone and the helper.
RisksAI inference
- PlatformSteam's rules may forbid or restrict idling and achievement tools. The platform owner could block the helper or ban accounts, which would hurt trust and sales.
- TechnicalThe local helper must work on different PCs and keep up with Steam client changes. Support effort could be high for a small team.
- DataCard drop and achievement data may be incomplete or private on some profiles, which weakens queue estimates.
- CommercialFree open-source tools already cover each part. Users may not pay for convenience. Only one GitHub signal is verified.
- RegulatorySteam API terms may limit commercial use of its data. Check them before charging.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.