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Should I ship a Space Sokoban?
Sokoban + Space
Only 11 developers shipped a Space 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, 4D Intuition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 95% on the market, with 12 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 5% | $30k (exactly $30,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Sokoban
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 97% positive over 171 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
4D Intuition 2026 · $30k 
Romeow: to the cracked Mars 2021 · $19k 
Meet me at NooN 2022 · $16k 
Don't Touch this Button! 2021 · $11k 
4X4 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 4D Intuition | $14.99 | 67 100% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Yu Gu (yugu233) | |
| | Romeow: to the cracked Mars | older | $9.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,881) | Remix Games |
| | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
| | Don't Touch this Button! | older | $3.99 | 88 93% | 2.6k | $11k (exactly $10,534) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
| | 4X4 | older | $4.99 | 60 91% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Marimori |
 | SPACE STORESHIP -スペースストアシップ- | older | $6.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Otakesan |
 | Remote Planets | older | $9.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | zuza |
 | Space Ducks: The great escape | older | $3.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | 6 Toad Games, taletronic |
 | Space Porter | older | $9.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | PortalBox | $4.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | FancygodGame | |
 | Spacecaps | $4.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Artless Games | |
 | CLONY | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | YORUROJI | |
 | Globs | $2.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Ninesliced, ArkanYota, Notgoyome, Theob… (Ninesliced, ArkanYota, Notgoyome, Theobosse, Strochnis, Yolwoocle) | |
 | Moon Garden Optimizer | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Tristan Miller | |
 | Box Stocks | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Obscure Fruit Studios | |
 | Spirit-Capture Net | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 符羽 | |
 | Sokobrane | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Branestorm | |
 | SokobotS | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OgmaGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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