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Choices Matter + Sokoban
Only 11 developers shipped a Choices Matter 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, Super Miners, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $861 (exactly $861) |
| Top 5% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 90% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter, Sokoban
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 96% positive over 69 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Catherine Classic 2019 · $5.3M 
Soulless: Ray Of Hope 2016 · $31k 
Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine 2023 · $19k 
Schein 2014 · $16k 
Night Lights 2019 · $9.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Catherine Classic | older | $19.99 | 8,858 88% | 266k | $5.3M (exactly $5,312,143) | ATLUS |
| | Soulless: Ray Of Hope | older | $4.99 | 208 71% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | · |
| | Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine | older | $9.99 | 64 93% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Joel Jordon |
| | Schein | older | $4.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Zeppelin Studio |
| | Night Lights | older | $4.99 | 62 79% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | · |
 | Crate Mates | older | $4.99 | 56 100% | 1.7k | $8.4k (exactly $8,383) | Emerick Gibson |
 | On the Peril of Parrots | older | $9.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Spritewrench |
 | Super Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | METAGAR |
 | Space Porter | older | $9.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | SNIKS | older | $2.99 | 32 100% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Shelly Alon |
 | Götz | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Sleepy Seed | |
 | 7 Days Before the End | $0.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $861 (exactly $861) | TrucyAkina | |
 | Pushle DELUXE | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | GreyTGames | |
 | Slide to Solve | $0.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Peter Hijma | |
 | Buccaneer's Booty | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | ITPex | |
 | Fake Snake | $4.32 | 1 100% | 30 | $130 (exactly $130) | Narvio Games | |
 | Every Step Has a Sound | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darky | |
 | YASC | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Manabreak | |
 | 记忆收藏家 · The Memory Mender | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Xiang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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