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Should I ship a 6DOF Action RPG?
Action RPG + 6DOF
Only 9 developers shipped a 6DOF Action RPG 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, One More Delve, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30, under ×0.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $15,109) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, 6DOF
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 976 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Buccaneers! 2022 · $208k 
Sea Dogs 2018 · $58k 
NeonXSZ 2016 · $28k 
Darksword: Battle Eternity 2023 · $22k 
One More Delve 2026 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Buccaneers! | older | $17.99 | 386 82% | 12k | $208k (exactly $208,324) | Skyward Digital |
| | Sea Dogs | older | $11.99 | 162 75% | 4.9k | $58k (exactly $58,271) | Akella |
| | NeonXSZ | older | $9.99 | 92 75% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Intravenous Software |
| | Darksword: Battle Eternity | older | $24.99 | 29 55% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Com2uS ROCA |
| | One More Delve | $13.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $15,109) | ATVR | |
 | Simantik | older | $29.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $13k (exactly $13,496) | Steel Thunder |
 | Liberation | older | $15.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $11k (exactly $10,553) | Classyk Games |
 | DREAM TIME | older | $7.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | AI mainland Game studio |
 | Hentai Simulator | older | $2.99 | 58 63% | 1.7k | $5.2k (exactly $5,203) | Slippy Floor |
 | Estencel | older | $0.99 | 153 65% | 4.6k | $4.5k (exactly $4,544) | Rone Vine |
 | Darkest Messia | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Spektraz Games |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL | |
 | Province: Suroste | · EA | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Ztry8 (AslanD) |
 | Dimension | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Yuto Manri Games | |
 | VR Boxing: Champion's Forge | $15.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 白龙乐园 | |
 | StarBay | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cfyz | |
 | Betrayal at Paragon | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Yurta Games | |
 | DamnedSchool | $13.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Eickhoff |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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