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Should I ship a Sokoban Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Sokoban
Only 12 developers shipped a Sokoban Action-Adventure 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, Poke ALL Toads, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,887) |
| Top 5% | $161k (exactly $160,786) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 up 18835% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Sokoban
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 590 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Poke ALL Toads 2026 · $161k 
Mess Adventures 2020 · $41k 
Waifu Secret 2021 · $40k 
Soulless: Ray Of Hope 2016 · $31k 
Slip 'n Slime 2025 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Poke ALL Toads | $11.99 | 447 100% | 13k | $161k (exactly $160,786) | SpaceMatra | |
| | Mess Adventures | older | $2.99 | 454 81% | 14k | $41k (exactly $40,724) | Marvelous Games |
| | Waifu Secret | older | $1.99 | 677 72% | 20k | $40k (exactly $40,417) | Romantic Room |
| | Soulless: Ray Of Hope | older | $4.99 | 208 71% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | · |
| | Slip 'n Slime | $9.99 | 76 94% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Wild Magic Studio | |
 | Sliding Hero | $14.99 | 42 88% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Silent Chicken | |
 | Waifus Smash | older | $2.99 | 205 78% | 6.2k | $18k (exactly $18,388) | Galart |
 | Snowman Story | older | $4.99 | 120 94% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $17,964) | Odencat |
 | Invercity | older | $14.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Marudice |
 | Schein | older | $4.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Zeppelin Studio |
 | Super Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | METAGAR |
 | Super Blockbuster | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Pikselit Games | |
 | Milo's Dream | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | lightUP | |
 | Brain Freeze | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | ggidk | |
 | Maze Odyssey | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | SolarCrystalStudios | |
 | Tombs Of Myra | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Asylum Square | |
 | Bob's Crystals | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | RedFlare game studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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