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Should I ship a Sokoban Logic game?
Logic + Sokoban
Of 203 developers who shipped a Sokoban Logic game 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.. 176 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×6.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 176 games are announced against 109 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $28,448) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 203 |
| Released games | 578 |
| Announced | 176 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic, Sokoban; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Grid-Based Movement, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 1,664 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. Nearly all of the 101 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 176 games are announced against 109 developers who shipped in the last year.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Baba Is You | older | $14.99 | 21,011 97% | 630k | $9.4M (exactly $9,448,647) | Hempuli Oy |
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| | Can of Wormholes | older | $19.99 | 563 99% | 17k | $338k (exactly $337,631) | munted finger |
 | Sokobond | older | $14.99 | 547 93% | 16k | $246k (exactly $245,986) | Alan Hazelden, Lee Shang Lun |
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 | 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 | |
 | Loophole | $9.99 | 154 99% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $46,154) | Levi Pinkert | |
 | Puzzle Depot | $19.99 | 61 100% | 1.8k | $37k (exactly $36,582) | Laughing Manatee Games | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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