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Should I ship a Sokoban 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Sokoban
Only 16 developers shipped a Sokoban 2D Platformer in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Vextorial, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $8.3k, ×18 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue too few recent games to read momentum, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Sokoban; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Puzzle
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 1980s, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 108 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Larcin Lazer 2023 · $72k 
Yugo Puzzle 2021 · $59k 
Button Button Up! 2019 · $33k 
Soulless: Ray Of Hope 2016 · $31k 
Colorful Recolor 2022 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Larcin Lazer | older | $9.99 | 241 99% | 7.2k | $72k (exactly $72,228) | Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini |
| | Yugo Puzzle | older | $5.99 | 327 98% | 9.8k | $59k (exactly $58,762) | Qrostar |
| | Button Button Up! | older | $11.99 | 93 96% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,452) | Centrosphere Games |
| | Soulless: Ray Of Hope | older | $4.99 | 208 71% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | · |
| | Colorful Recolor | older | $9.99 | 84 91% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | Gagonfe, HugoBDesigner, Ulon |
 | Brain Break | older | $4.99 | 164 75% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Astralis Games |
 | Invercity | older | $14.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Marudice |
 | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Schein | older | $4.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Zeppelin Studio |
 | Pygmalion | · EA older | $4.99 | 99 90% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,820) | CandLE |
 | Vextorial | $8.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | VEXT GAMES | |
 | Crash Puzzle Hammer-San | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | SUCCESS Corp. | |
 | Super Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | METAGAR |
 | Mr.Robbo | $9.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | It8bit Club | |
 | Duckthing's Rolling Rooms | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Duckthing Games | |
 | 7 Days Before the End | $0.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $861 (exactly $861) | TrucyAkina | |
 | Gemima | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | FunLittleGames LTD | |
 | Only the Rich may Die | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Derek Lied |
 | ARROW WORLD | $4.59 | 4 100% | 120 | $551 (exactly $551) | ATOKESHI | |
 | SVA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | CC独游 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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