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Should I ship a Sokoban Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Sokoban
Only 14 developers shipped a Sokoban Dungeon Crawler 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, He Who Watches, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $65k, ×138 the market median. Revenue is up 1620% on the market; 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 25% | $6.9k (exactly $6,866) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $65,367) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 1620% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dungeon Crawler
- 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
- Dungeon Crawler, Sokoban
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 496 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
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He Who Watches 2026 · $65k 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
| | He Who Watches | $19.99 | 109 96% | 3.3k | $65k (exactly $65,367) | Bobby Vanden | |
| | Lord Ambermaze | $14.99 | 131 91% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Potata Company | |
| | Nazi Furry | older | $6.99 | 151 82% | 4.5k | $32k (exactly $31,665) | Furry Tails |
| | Cramped Room of Death | older | $14.99 | 69 94% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | Hafiz Mohd Rozlan |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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