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Strategy Guides: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Strategy Guides, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $22.99, median 259 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $16.68 – $31.77 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 19% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 19% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 90% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 40% of the parent category Games & Strategy Guides (640), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $22.99 its median price beats 81% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Strategy Guides best sellers
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Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide (Pokemon Pikachu Press)
by Alex Irvine
- List rank#1
- Price$39.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews132
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Minecraft: Guide Collection 4-Book Boxed Set (Updated): Survival (Updated), Creative (Updated), Redstone (Updated), Combat
by Mojang AB
- List rank#2
- Price$31.77
- Rating4.9
- Reviews661
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The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom – The Complete Official Guide: Collector's Edition
by Piggyback
- List rank#3
- Price$32.97
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,185
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The Complete Official Guide: -Expanded Edition
by Piggyback
- List rank#4
- Price$28.25
- Rating4.8
- Reviews12,367
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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME COMPLETE GAME GUIDE: An Unofficial Independent Walkthrough with Dungeon Solutions, Boss Tips, and Side Quests
by CYNTHIA GUAJARDO
- List rank#5
- Price$16.34
- Rating1.0
- Reviews1
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Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated)
by Mojang AB
- List rank#6
- Price$9.43
- Rating4.8
- Reviews481
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The Big Book of Roblox: The Deluxe Unofficial Game Guide
by Triumph Books
- List rank#7
- Price$16.68
- Rating4.7
- Reviews433
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Super Mario Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years
by Nintendo
- List rank#8
- Price$25.27
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,685
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Pokémon: The Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide, Vol. 2
by Shogakukan
- List rank#9
- Price$13.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews163
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Pokémon: The Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide, Vol. 1
by Shogakukan
- List rank#10
- Price$9.76
- Rating4.7
- Reviews200
FAQ
Is Strategy Guides a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 259 reviews and sells for $22.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Strategy Guides?
The median best seller has 259 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Strategy Guides best sellers cost?
The median price is $22.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $16.68 and $31.77.
Can new books break into Strategy Guides?
19% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.