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Should I ship a Sokoban Platformer?
Platformer + Sokoban
Only 14 developers shipped a Sokoban Platformer 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, Vextorial, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $8.3k, ×18 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 5% | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 up 115% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- 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
- Platformer, Sokoban
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 107 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
About Love, Hate and the other ones 2014 · $150k 
Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k 
Drag and Drop Medieval 2024 · $82k 
Button Button Up! 2019 · $33k 
Soulless: Ray Of Hope 2016 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | About Love, Hate and the other ones | older | $7.99 | 626 90% | 19k | $150k (exactly $150,052) | Black Pants Studio |
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Drag and Drop Medieval | older | $29.99 | 91 85% | 2.7k | $82k (exactly $81,873) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Button Button Up! | older | $11.99 | 93 96% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,452) | Centrosphere Games |
| | Soulless: Ray Of Hope | older | $4.99 | 208 71% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | · |
 | Colorful Recolor | older | $9.99 | 84 91% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | Gagonfe, HugoBDesigner, Ulon |
 | The Prism | older | $4.99 | 127 68% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,012) | Nikhil. T, Gabriel. H |
 | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Schein | older | $4.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Zeppelin Studio |
 | Mess Adventures 2 | older | $4.99 | 86 81% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Marvelous Games |
 | Vextorial | $8.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | VEXT GAMES | |
 | Bacterian | · EA | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Error 300 |
 | Super Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | METAGAR |
 | Unblinking | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | BIT FOX DEN | |
 | BarrelBots | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | FidgetBear Games | |
 | Mr.Robbo | $9.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | It8bit Club | |
 | Sokowand | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | TheHolyFurry | |
 | Duckthing's Rolling Rooms | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Duckthing Games | |
 | Nested | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Nathan Sioui | |
 | SVA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | CC独游 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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