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Should I ship a Sokoban Mystery Dungeon?
Mystery Dungeon + Sokoban
Only 5 developers shipped a Sokoban Mystery Dungeon 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, Lord Ambermaze, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $480. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer 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.
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Mystery Dungeon, 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 437 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mystery Dungeon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGStrong odds
- + TacticalStrong odds
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + PhysicsFair
Comparable games
Lord Ambermaze 2025 · $59k 
Frame - Portals on Steroids 2023 · $18k 
Dr. Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory 2022 · $15k 
Magirune 2 2023 · $5.4k 
Digs Mini Icy 2023 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lord Ambermaze | $14.99 | 131 91% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Potata Company | |
| | Frame - Portals on Steroids | older | $16.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $17,840) | MechanicsDriven |
| | Dr. Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory | older | $9.99 | 50 94% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Symbolic Software |
| | Magirune 2 | older | $4.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Fluffy Lotus |
| | Digs Mini Icy | older | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Digs Team |
 | Sokocat - Dungeon | older | $2.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Rising Moon Games |
 | Mysterious House | older | $4.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | ShadowGate Studios |
 | Nexus of Fate | $4.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | theNeko | |
 | Dungeon Slime 2: Puzzle in the Dark Forest | older | $1.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,686) | Daniel Siqueira Abdelnur |
 | Sneaky Rat | older | $1.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $2.6k (exactly $2,627) | Waidy Andrade |
 | ACHIEVEMENT MAZE | $1.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | HuntForge | |
 | BoxIsland: Sokoban | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | ASON GAME | |
 | Tombs Of Myra | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Asylum Square |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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