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Should I ship a Cat Sokoban?
Sokoban + Cats
Only 15 developers shipped a Cat Sokoban 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, Cat Squeeze, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $780, ×6.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Revenue is up 200% on the market; 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $776 (exactly $776) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 200% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Sokoban
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 99% positive over 145 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sokoban with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + LogicFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + FuturisticLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
Comparable games
Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k 
Cats Love Boxes 2024 · $52k 
Romeow: in the cracked world 2021 · $39k 
Romeow: to the cracked Mars 2021 · $19k 
A Street Cat's Tale 2: Outside is Dangerous 2023 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Cats Love Boxes | older | $3.99 | 432 97% | 13k | $52k (exactly $51,710) | Devcats |
| | Romeow: in the cracked world | older | $9.99 | 129 98% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,661) | Remix Games |
| | Romeow: to the cracked Mars | older | $9.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,881) | Remix Games |
| | A Street Cat's Tale 2: Outside is Dangerous | older | $13.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,949) | PPIYO STUDIO |
 | Cat Squeeze | $9.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Cattery Studio, Pone Games | |
 | Roll The Cat | older | $2.99 | 97 94% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | LeJunesArt |
 | Of Mice and Moggies | older | $7.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Bippinbits |
 | Fluffy Cubed | older | $1.99 | 97 93% | 2.9k | $5.8k (exactly $5,791) | Naoka Games |
 | Push The Cat with WASD | older | $9.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Blink Hydrate ブリンク |
 | NTR Neko Maid: Erotic Favor | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | ハーフトーンドット | |
 | Stinky Cat | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Utterly Useless | |
 | Meow Mission | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Accelix | |
 | Lost in Cheese | $12.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | SnøVittra | |
 | Sokocat: Castaway | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Rising Moon Games | |
 | Sausage Cat | $0.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,069) | Lemmtopia Games | |
 | Fluffy Arena | $1.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Pet Party | |
 | 博物魅影 | $1.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | 图南工作室(Tunan Studio) | |
 | Cat Block - Sliding Puzzle | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | ZT-Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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