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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 6DOF Action-Adventure?

Action-Adventure + 6DOF

Of 42 developers who shipped a 6DOF Action-Adventure in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 78 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×325 the market median. Revenue is up 210% on the market; 78 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 210% on the market, 78 announced, ×4.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Action-Adventure + 6DOF
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 42
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.6k → $2.8k → $6.6k → $1.3k → $1.0k → $6.8k → $1.8k (still earning) → $899 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action-Adventure + 6DOF: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 42
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $1.4k (exactly $1,438)
Top 25% $6.8k (exactly $6,829)
Top 5% $204k (exactly $203,898)
Developers, 2 yr 42
Released games 148
Announced 78
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 up 210% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Action-Adventure
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
6DOF
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Action-Adventure, 6DOF; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Combat
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with VR, First-Person, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 6,513 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.4k, 1 in 4 over $6.8k, 1 in 20 over $200k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 78 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair63 devs · median $12k · 69 announced
  2. + MinigamesFair18 devs · median $6.7k · 19 announced
  3. + BikesFair11 devs · median $2.5k · 11 announced
  4. + TransportationFair21 devs · median $2.3k · 22 announced
  5. + MotorbikeFair9 devs · median $2.3k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingLong shot14 devs · median $360 · 16 announced
  7. + Time AttackLong shot12 devs · median $150 · 17 announced
  8. + Character Action GamePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  9. + MMORPGPoor odds15 devs · median $25k · 116 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds49 devs · median $25k · 133 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds81 devs · median $24k · 135 announced
  12. + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds12 devs · median $17k · 26 announced

All 242 pairs on the Action-Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Metro Awakening 2024 · $2.7M Arizona Sunshine® VR 2 2023 · $2.0M Bootstrap Island 2026 · $1.0M Hubris 2022 · $737k Arizona Sunshine® VR Remake 2024 · $721k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Metro Awakening $29.99 3,013 73% 90k $2.7M (exactly $2,710,796) Vertigo Games
Arizona Sunshine® VR 2 older $29.99 2,258 84% 68k $2.0M (exactly $2,031,523) Vertigo Games
Bootstrap Island $24.99 1,362 81% 41k $1.0M (exactly $1,021,091) Maru VR
Hubris older $29.99 819 74% 25k $737k (exactly $736,854) Cyborn B.V.
Arizona Sunshine® VR Remake $19.99 1,203 88% 36k $721k (exactly $721,439) Vertigo Games
Red Matter 2 older $29.99 673 92% 20k $605k (exactly $605,498) Vertical Robot
Aquanox Deep Descent older $29.99 463 48% 14k $417k (exactly $416,561) Digital Arrow
Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister older $19.99 596 70% 18k $357k (exactly $357,421) Soul Assembly Ltd
Wanted Raccoon · EA older $16.99 660 72% 20k $336k (exactly $336,402) MAD Sprouts
Eye of the Temple older $19.99 392 92% 12k $235k (exactly $235,082) Rune Skovbo Johansen
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow $19.99 340 75% 10k $204k (exactly $203,898) Maze Theory
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City $24.99 105 76% 3.2k $79k (exactly $78,718) Cortopia Studios
VR Sailing $7.99 307 96% 9.2k $74k (exactly $73,588) HFRK.
Titan Isles $24.99 40 95% 1.2k $30k (exactly $29,988) Psytec Games Ltd
House of Empty Names $5.99 88 87% 2.6k $16k (exactly $15,814) Sordar Studios
One More Delve $13.99 36 66% 1.1k $15k (exactly $15,109) ATVR
Harpagun $19.99 19 73% 570 $11k (exactly $11,394) Something Random

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.