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Should I ship a Magic Sokoban?
Sokoban + Magic
Only 6 developers shipped a Magic Sokoban 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, Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×7.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $480. 23 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 23 |
| 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 up 200% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Sokoban
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 496 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 23 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.7 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
Time Master 2022 · $29k 
The Prism 2015 · $19k 
Schein 2014 · $16k 
Wilderplace 2022 · $11k 
黎明为歌 - Melody before the Dawn 2022 · $9.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Time Master | older | $14.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $29k (exactly $28,781) | MorpheusZ |
| | The Prism | older | $4.99 | 127 68% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,012) | Nikhil. T, Gabriel. H |
| | Schein | older | $4.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Zeppelin Studio |
| | Wilderplace | older | $12.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Saman Bemel-Benrud, Micah Fitch, Tom Lu… (Saman Bemel-Benrud, Micah Fitch, Tom Lubanovic) |
| | 黎明为歌 - Melody before the Dawn | older | $4.99 | 62 88% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | Rolling Cat Studio |
 | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
 | Wizard's Way Out | older | $3.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) | Kikimora Games |
 | After Light Fades | $14.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Orchid of Redemption | |
 | Bunnyrama | older | $2.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | Starwind Games |
 | (Dis)assemble | older | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Dragon Fruit Studio |
 | Carrotour | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | lì tŕ, Eastern, Arian | |
 | Mills of Morris | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Nedermann Zsolt | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture | |
 | Push and Plunder | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | JK's Gamedev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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