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Should I ship a Building 6DOF game?
6DOF + Building
Only 14 developers shipped a Building 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, Elvenfoundry, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $48k, ×77 the market median. Revenue is up 595% on the market; 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) |
| Top 5% | $48k (exactly $48,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 595% on the market, supply 80% more 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Building; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Action, Base Building
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, VR
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 255 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different second tag, 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
Townsmen VR 2022 · $511k 
Wanted Raccoon 2021 · EA · $336k 
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022 · $152k 
Archean 2024 · EA · $145k 
Disassembly VR 2019 · $141k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Townsmen VR | older | $39.99 | 426 83% | 13k | $511k (exactly $511,072) | HandyGames |
| | Wanted Raccoon | · EA older | $16.99 | 660 72% | 20k | $336k (exactly $336,402) | MAD Sprouts |
| | MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE | older | $19.99 | 253 93% | 7.6k | $152k (exactly $151,724) | Terrible Posture Games |
| | Archean | · EA older | $19.99 | 241 87% | 7.2k | $145k (exactly $144,528) | batcholi, FloDKSM |
| | Disassembly VR | older | $29.99 | 157 59% | 4.7k | $141k (exactly $141,253) | Khor Chin Heong |
 | Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator | older | $19.99 | 87 78% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | KreizLand Games |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | IRON GUARD: Salvation | $17.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $23,747) | Xlab Digital | |
 | Wall Town Wonders | $19.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | Cyborn B.V. | |
 | Blood Night | · EA | $1.99 | 109 95% | 3.3k | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) | Team |
 | Forest Construction VR | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | RedLightsStudio | |
 | Bunker Constructor Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Terno Games |
 | Builder Simulator VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | EpicVR | |
 | Mole a Hole | $6.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Wenkly Studio | |
 | Game Shop Simulator | $4.99 | 7 0% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | SP GAMES | |
 | Going Loco | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Addis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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