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Should I ship a Sokoban Match 3?
Match 3 + Sokoban
Only 6 developers shipped a Sokoban Match 3 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, Watermelon (with a Broken Head) Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $900 against a market of $120. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 5% | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 35% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Match 3, Sokoban
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 855 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Waifu Secret 2021 · $40k 
Threes! 2024 · $10k 
Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle 2021 · $3.0k 
Cursed House 12 2023 · $2.7k 
Hentai ASMR 2020 · $2.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Waifu Secret | older | $1.99 | 677 72% | 20k | $40k (exactly $40,417) | Romantic Room |
| | Threes! | older | $5.99 | 56 96% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,063) | Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, BigGiantC… (Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, BigGiantCircles) |
| | 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 |
| | Hentai ASMR | older | $1.99 | 35 60% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) | Boom Team |
 | Cursed House 13 | older | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | LGT SIA |
 | Watermelon (with a Broken Head) Game | $2.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | SillyOven | |
 | Dale Hardshovel HD | older | $3.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | phime studio LLC |
 | SokoMatch: Lizard Saga | older | $1.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | ShortStackStudio |
 | Cursed House 10 - Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | LGT SIA |
 | Cursed House 16 | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | LGT SIA | |
 | Idol Hacked! | $1.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | theNeko | |
 | Cursed House 8 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
 | Cursed House 15 | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | LGT SIA | |
 | Morphing Blocks | $0.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | J. TAO | |
 | Cursed House 14 | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | LGT SIA | |
 | Meme Merge 3D | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | PixelBrain Studios | |
 | 2048 | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Raghavendra |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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