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Puzzle + Sokoban
Games tagged both Puzzle and Sokoban: 230 indie paid launches, 3 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Puzzle + Sokoban priced $10 to $20.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
Puzzle + Sokoban trails Puzzle and is level with Sokoban: 3 of its 29 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 13.8 in 100 for Puzzle and 10.0 in 100 for Sokoban.
Small sample: 29 launches, 3 hits.
Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 29 games tagged both Puzzle and Sokoban priced $10 to $20. 10.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 13.9 for Puzzle-only games and 0.0 for Sokoban-only games, so the mix trails Puzzle alone and beats Sokoban alone.
Both: 29 games priced $10 to $20; 10.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $5,827.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 29 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkChanged recently +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Puzzle + Sokoban is changed recently +1: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view220 of 230 launches | Without the breakout229 of 230 launches | Last 18 months119 of 230 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2303 hits | 2203 hits | 2292 hits | 1191 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.3 in 1001 in 77 | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 | 0.9 in 1001 in 111 | 0.8 in 1001 in 125 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $425top tenth $6,383+ | $505 | $405 | $404 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +7.7%0.1 more in 100 | -30.8%0.4 fewer in 100 | -38.5%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +18.8%$80 more | -4.7%$20 less | -4.9%$21 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Puzzle and Sokoban, 6 to 30 months old: 230 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 10 of 230 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Isles of Sea and Sky (39.0% of the money): 229 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 119 of 230.
Puzzle holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,529 of 5,739 launches | Without the breakout5,738 of 5,739 launches | Last 18 months3,111 of 5,739 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,739203 hits | 5,529192 hits | 5,738202 hits | 3,111106 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $443top tenth $14,400+ | $461 | $443 | $405 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.1%$18 more | 0.0%no change | -8.6%$38 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 6 to 30 months old: 5,739 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 210 of 5,739 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (7.0% of the money): 5,738 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 3,111 of 5,739.
Sokoban is one-hit market +1: Without the breakout moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| Sokoban | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view234 of 244 launches | Without the breakout243 of 244 launches | Last 18 months127 of 244 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2443 hits | 2343 hits | 2432 hits | 1271 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.2 in 1001 in 83 | 1.3 in 1001 in 77 | 0.8 in 1001 in 125 | 0.8 in 1001 in 125 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $404top tenth $6,070+ | $485 | $404 | $400 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +8.3%0.1 more in 100 | -33.3%0.4 fewer in 100 | -33.3%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +20.0%$81 more | 0.0%no change | -1.0%$4 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Sokoban, 6 to 30 months old: 244 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 10 of 244 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Isles of Sea and Sky (38.7% of the money): 243 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 127 of 244.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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