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Should I ship a Solitaire Sokoban?
Sokoban + Solitaire
Only 5 developers shipped a Solitaire 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, H+H=H2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 1 more is announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $240 against a market of $120. 1 game is announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 1 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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: 3%, 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
- Sokoban, Solitaire
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $2.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 170 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. 1 game is announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sokoban with a different second tag, 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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chess Dungeons | older | $9.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Remix Games, Luis Fae |
| | Minimal Crypt | older | $5.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Crafty Weazel |
| | SokoSolitaire | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Daisy Games |
| | 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 |
 | Up and Down | older | $8.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Konstantin Pilipaka |
 | Dungeon Slime 2: Puzzle in the Dark Forest | older | $1.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,686) | Daniel Siqueira Abdelnur |
 | Cursed House 13 | older | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | LGT SIA |
 | H+H=H2 | $3.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Feishiko | |
 | Cursed House 10 - Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | LGT SIA |
 | Cursed House 8 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | LGT SIA | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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