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Should I ship a Sokoban Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Sokoban
Only 8 developers shipped a Sokoban Turn-Based 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, Lord Ambermaze, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $8.8k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,244) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Sokoban
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid pushing rules and level files
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based, Sokoban
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 894 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.9k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Bean and Nothingness 2021 · $76k 
Puddle Knights 2020 · $66k 
Lord Ambermaze 2025 · $59k 
Prickle 2024 · $18k 
Shrink Rooms 2025 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bean and Nothingness | older | $11.99 | 212 98% | 6.4k | $76k (exactly $76,256) | RBOR Games |
| | Puddle Knights | older | $9.99 | 219 98% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,634) | Lockpickle |
| | Lord Ambermaze | $14.99 | 131 91% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Potata Company | |
| | Prickle | $6.99 | 87 100% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,244) | Sunbird Studio | |
| | Shrink Rooms | $14.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Mat-Rix, Pone Games | |
 | Animal Planner | older | $4.99 | 70 98% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | PawPaw Games |
 | Demon Corporation: Onboarding | $6.99 | 42 95% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | A Shrine of Ludens | |
 | Mycelium Heaven | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | 3DGoblinDev | |
 | Kiko's Apple Adventure | $5.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | PawPaw Games | |
 | SokoChess | older | $4.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Daisy Games |
 | Lost in Cheese | $12.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | SnøVittra | |
 | Will The King Escape? | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Giuseppe Praticò |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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