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Should I ship a Sokoban Hidden Object?
Hidden Object + Sokoban
Only 10 developers shipped a Sokoban Hidden Object 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, Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $550, ×4.6 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $7.1k, ×60 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $551 (exactly $551) |
| Top 25% | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 5% | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hidden Object
- effort 2 / 10 · high · static scenes with click targets
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Hidden Object, Sokoban
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 58% positive over 66 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hidden Object with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + FlightFair
- + City BuilderFair
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- + Word GameFair
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Comparable games
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I'm on Observation Duty 4 2021 · $118k 
Crossroad OS 2023 · $45k 
I'm on Observation Duty 3 2020 · $31k 
Meet me at NooN 2022 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I'm on Observation Duty 5 | older | $9.99 | 775 96% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Notovia |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 4 | older | $4.99 | 787 96% | 24k | $118k (exactly $117,814) | Notovia |
| | Crossroad OS | older | $4.99 | 302 98% | 9.1k | $45k (exactly $45,209) | Guy, Daisy Games |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 3 | older | $2.99 | 351 77% | 11k | $31k (exactly $31,485) | Notovia |
| | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Princess Castle Quest | older | $9.99 | 43 97% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,887) | Piggybank Studios |
 | Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator | $6.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Violet Soft | |
 | Munchy Mammals | older | $4.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Hjalte Tagmose |
 | Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | LGT SIA |
 | Cursed House 12 | older | $12.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | LGT SIA |
 | Mr.Robbo | $9.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | It8bit Club | |
 | Idol Hacked! | $1.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | theNeko | |
 | Cursed House 8 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
 | ARROW WORLD | $4.59 | 4 100% | 120 | $551 (exactly $551) | ATOKESHI | |
 | The Visitor Effect: Not an experiment | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Mystic Morgue | |
 | Gridwalker | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Crawlcks Studio | |
 | Bob's Crystals | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | RedFlare game studios | |
 | 记忆收藏家 · The Memory Mender | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Xiang | |
 | PHANTOM TAG: MANIFEST | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Claytechworks, C&R Creative Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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