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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Sokoban?
Sokoban + Psychological Horror
Only 4 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Sokoban in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.1k against a market of $480. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $28,781) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,189,528) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Sokoban
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 21,987 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 8 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 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
Catherine Classic 2019 · $5.3M 
Patrick's Parabox 2022 · $3.0M 
Stephen's Sausage Roll 2016 · $1.4M 
Void Stranger 2023 · $1.2M 
I'm on Observation Duty 5 2022 · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Catherine Classic | older | $19.99 | 8,858 88% | 266k | $5.3M (exactly $5,312,143) | ATLUS |
| | Patrick's Parabox | older | $19.99 | 4,985 99% | 150k | $3.0M (exactly $2,989,504) | Patrick Traynor |
| | Stephen's Sausage Roll | older | $29.99 | 1,588 96% | 48k | $1.4M (exactly $1,428,724) | increpare games |
| | Void Stranger | older | $11.99 | 3,307 91% | 99k | $1.2M (exactly $1,189,528) | System Erasure |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 5 | older | $9.99 | 775 96% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Notovia |
 | Slayaway Camp | older | $8.99 | 715 95% | 21k | $193k (exactly $192,836) | Blue Wizard Digital |
 | Maxwell's puzzling demon | older | $14.99 | 413 98% | 12k | $186k (exactly $185,726) | muratsubo Games |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 4 | older | $4.99 | 787 96% | 24k | $118k (exactly $117,814) | Notovia |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 3 | older | $2.99 | 351 77% | 11k | $31k (exactly $31,485) | Notovia |
 | Soulless: Ray Of Hope | older | $4.99 | 208 71% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | · |
 | Unblinking | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | BIT FOX DEN | |
 | Margarita (Berkeley's Maid: Remake Edition) | · EA | $1.60 | 43 60% | 1.3k | $2.1k (exactly $2,064) | Muharukahana Studio, Cydron |
 | Draguna Matata | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Yarncat LTD | |
 | Every Step Has a Sound | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darky |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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