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Should I ship a Sokoban Tactical game?
Tactical + Sokoban
Only 12 developers shipped a Sokoban Tactical game 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, 868-BACK, 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 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $73k, ×117 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,095) |
| Top 5% | $73k (exactly $73,163) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical, Sokoban
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 403 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 6 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.
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Comparable games
Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k 
868-BACK 2026 · $73k 
Loophole 2025 · $46k 
Red Ronin 2021 · $29k 
Brain Break 2020 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
| | 868-BACK | $19.99 | 122 98% | 3.7k | $73k (exactly $73,163) | Michael Brough | |
| | Loophole | $9.99 | 154 99% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $46,154) | Levi Pinkert | |
| | Red Ronin | older | $7.99 | 119 87% | 3.6k | $29k (exactly $28,524) | Wired Dreams Studio |
| | Brain Break | older | $4.99 | 164 75% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Astralis Games |
 | Slayaway Camp 2 | $12.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | Blue Wizard Digital | |
 | ALAN-13 Reformation | older | $15.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $16k (exactly $16,310) | Viktor Kovács |
 | Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator | $6.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Violet Soft | |
 | On the Peril of Parrots | older | $9.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Spritewrench |
 | Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape | older | $5.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Ornbjorn |
 | Black Pieces Move First | $6.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Enchant Games | |
 | Götz | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Sleepy Seed | |
 | A Directionless Cycle | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Half Sun Games | |
 | Almost A Ghost | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | PNR Verse | |
 | Meme Merge 3D | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | PixelBrain Studios | |
 | BederSNAKE | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Yury Bederov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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