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Should I ship a Futuristic Sokoban?
Sokoban + Futuristic
Of 21 developers who shipped a Futuristic 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.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $36k, ×76 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 20 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 5% | $36k (exactly $36,000) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Sokoban; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Logic, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Minimalist, Abstract, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 729 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 13 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
- + CatsFair
- + LogicFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
Comparable games
Lab Rat 2025 · $219k 
Toroban 2025 · $36k 
4D Intuition 2026 · $30k 
The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition 2025 · $25k 
Parcel 2015 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lab Rat | $19.99 | 365 97% | 11k | $219k (exactly $218,890) | Chump Squad | |
| | Toroban | $20.00 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $36k (exactly $36,000) | Hebert Games LLC | |
| | 4D Intuition | $14.99 | 67 100% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Yu Gu (yugu233) | |
| | The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition | $4.99 | 169 93% | 5.1k | $25k (exactly $25,299) | Draknek and Friends | |
| | Parcel | older | $4.99 | 140 84% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,958) | Polar Bunny Ltd |
 | Frame - Portals on Steroids | older | $16.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $17,840) | MechanicsDriven |
 | ALAN-13 Reformation | older | $15.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $16k (exactly $16,310) | Viktor Kovács |
 | Don't Touch this Button! | older | $3.99 | 88 93% | 2.6k | $11k (exactly $10,534) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
 | Unlock The King | older | $0.99 | 329 95% | 9.9k | $9.8k (exactly $9,771) | Minimol Games |
 | 4X4 | older | $4.99 | 60 91% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Marimori |
 | Vextorial | $8.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | VEXT GAMES | |
 | Move That Box | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Crashykk Games | |
 | Axona | $7.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Onat Oke | |
 | A Thread Between | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Sluice Gate Games | |
 | 胞-胞实验室 Cell-Cell Lab | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | BABA Games, Yun Fan Studio | |
 | LABYBAN | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Studio Gravenoire |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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