Should I ship an Alien 6DOF game?
6DOF + Aliens
Only 8 developers shipped an Alien 6DOF 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, Roboquest VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $350k, ×566 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $31,903) |
| Top 5% | $355k (exactly $355,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF
- 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 $20.00 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 684 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + TacticalFair
- + RobotsFair
- + WarFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Alliance Peacefighter 2025 · $32k 
Evasion 2018 · $29k 
Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending 2024 · $22k 
BLAST-AXIS 2019 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | Alliance Peacefighter | $18.99 | 56 83% | 1.7k | $32k (exactly $31,903) | Urban Logic Games | |
| | Evasion | older | $19.99 | 48 68% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Archiact |
| | Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending | older | $14.99 | 48 85% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Foggy Box Games |
| | BLAST-AXIS | older | $20.00 | 23 100% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,800) | MAX Softworks |
 | Harpagun | $19.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Something Random | |
 | Interregnum Chronicles: Signal | older | $9.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Spacewalkers |
 | HOST | · EA older | $9.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Garrett Fuselier |
 | Astro Chef | older | $19.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Fusion |
 | Waddle Home | older | $4.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Archiact |
 | Samsara | $9.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Narriflux | |
 | Sailing The Winds | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | PS Games | |
 | Mega Roids | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | PSD Labs LLC | |
 | Raid in Galaxy | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Thunustron | |
 | DarkSpase | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Devon James |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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