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Should I ship a Female-Led Sokoban?
Sokoban + Female Protagonist
Of 23 developers who shipped a Female-Led Sokoban in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×229 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 31 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,064) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $108,827) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Sokoban; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 1,117 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sokoban with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + CatsFair
- + LogicFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + FuturisticLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Void Stranger 2023 · $1.2M 
Paper Trail 2024 · $435k 
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows 2023 · $401k 
Ittle Dew 2013 · $288k 
Poke ALL Toads 2026 · $161k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Void Stranger | older | $11.99 | 3,307 91% | 99k | $1.2M (exactly $1,189,528) | System Erasure |
| | Paper Trail | older | $19.99 | 726 94% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Newfangled Games |
| | Paquerette Down the Bunburrows | older | $11.99 | 1,115 96% | 33k | $401k (exactly $401,066) | Bunstack |
| | Ittle Dew | older | $19.99 | 481 92% | 14k | $288k (exactly $288,456) | Ludosity |
| | Poke ALL Toads | $11.99 | 447 100% | 13k | $161k (exactly $160,786) | SpaceMatra | |
 | Treasure 'n Trio | $14.99 | 242 100% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $108,827) | TNT | |
 | Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines | $9.99 | 276 97% | 8.3k | $83k (exactly $82,717) | XXela | |
 | Temple Of Snek | older | $14.99 | 102 90% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | Aetheric Games |
 | Red Ronin | older | $7.99 | 119 87% | 3.6k | $29k (exactly $28,524) | Wired Dreams Studio |
 | AiliA | $11.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $23,740) | IceToad Studio LLC | |
 | Demon Corporation: Onboarding | $6.99 | 42 95% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | A Shrine of Ludens | |
 | After Light Fades | $14.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Orchid of Redemption | |
 | 刻印战记1：法利兹传 | $8.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Lycian Studio | |
 | Karakurium | $12.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.1k (exactly $3,118) | Karaku Lab | |
 | NTR Neko Maid: Erotic Favor | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | ハーフトーンドット | |
 | Assassinvisible | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Club Tartine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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