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Should I ship a Science Sokoban?
Sokoban + Science
Only 10 developers shipped a Science 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, Lab Rat, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 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. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) |
| Top 5% | $219k (exactly $218,890) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Sokoban
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 97% positive over 464 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Sokobond 2014 · $246k 
Lab Rat 2025 · $219k 
Sokobond Express 2024 · $38k 
4D Intuition 2026 · $30k 
HYNPYTOL 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sokobond | older | $14.99 | 547 93% | 16k | $246k (exactly $245,986) | Alan Hazelden, Lee Shang Lun |
| | Lab Rat | $19.99 | 365 97% | 11k | $219k (exactly $218,890) | Chump Squad | |
| | Sokobond Express | older | $14.99 | 84 90% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | José Hernández, Draknek & Friends |
| | 4D Intuition | $14.99 | 67 100% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Yu Gu (yugu233) | |
| | HYNPYTOL | older | $14.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $29k (exactly $28,781) | base0 |
 | ALAN-13 Reformation | older | $15.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $16k (exactly $16,310) | Viktor Kovács |
 | SuperPosition | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Kimel | |
 | H+H=H2 | $3.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Feishiko | |
 | Helper Cat | older | $0.99 | 51 82% | 1.5k | $1.5k (exactly $1,515) | Giant Head |
 | RYBot | older | $5.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Pinethree Interactive |
 | Lab Escape: Box Puzzle Game | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Pointless Games AB | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture | |
 | Agent Higgs 2 | · EA | $10.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TestTubeGames |
 | Frip and Froop's Logical Labyrinth DX | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Wayward Thoughts Interactive | |
 | ModernFactory | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LN | |
 | 2187 | $2.50 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Lavie Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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