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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization 6DOF game?

Character Customization + 6DOF

Of 21 developers who shipped a Character Customization 6DOF game 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.. 40 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $57k, ×92 the market median. Revenue is up 910% on the market; 40 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 910% on the market, 40 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + 6DOF
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 21
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $10k → $899 → $359 → $1.2k → $180 → $719 → $48k (still earning) → $4.0k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + 6DOF: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 21
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $1.5k (exactly $1,499)
Top 25% $15k (exactly $15,109)
Top 5% $58k (exactly $57,571)
Developers, 2 yr 21
Released games 78
Announced 40
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $14.99

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 910% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, 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.

Character Customization
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
Character Customization, 6DOF; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Physics, Simulation
Price point
$14.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with VR, 3D, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 498 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $1.5k, 1 in 4 over $15k, 1 in 20 over $57k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds14 devs · median $3.6k · 12 announced
  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
  3. + Music-Based Procedural GenerationFair10 devs · median $18k · 8 announced
  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

VR HOT 2021 · EA · $1.3M Death in the Water 2 2023 · $780k Aquanox Deep Descent 2020 · $417k Wanted Raccoon 2021 · EA · $336k Mirage 2020 · EA · $251k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
VR HOT · EA older $44.99 998 66% 30k $1.3M (exactly $1,347,001) VR HOT
Death in the Water 2 older $14.99 1,734 83% 52k $780k (exactly $779,780) Lighthouse Games Studio
Aquanox Deep Descent older $29.99 463 48% 14k $417k (exactly $416,561) Digital Arrow
Wanted Raccoon · EA older $16.99 660 72% 20k $336k (exactly $336,402) MAD Sprouts
Mirage · EA older $29.99 279 63% 8.4k $251k (exactly $251,016) MorganaVR
Captain Hardcore · EA $39.99 198 80% 5.9k $238k (exactly $237,541) AntiZero Games
Sea Dogs older $11.99 162 75% 4.9k $58k (exactly $58,271) Akella
Virtual Skate · EA $19.99 96 98% 2.9k $58k (exactly $57,571) Flip Axis Studios
Cowbots and Aliens older $19.99 90 82% 2.7k $54k (exactly $53,973) Wizard Games Inc, Chicken Waffle
Elvenfoundry $34.99 46 67% 1.4k $48k (exactly $48,286) SunbathGames
Dance Eden $19.99 42 85% 1.3k $25k (exactly $25,187) DigiEden
JOI Lab VR 🔞 / 自慰ラボ $14.99 43 60% 1.3k $19k (exactly $19,337) Caulino
One More Delve $13.99 36 66% 1.1k $15k (exactly $15,109) ATVR
Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss $19.99 22 63% 660 $13k (exactly $13,193) Polyarc
A-Spec First Assault $14.99 9 55% 270 $4.0k (exactly $4,047) Digitum Software
Just Futanari 3 $24.99 3 100% 90 $2.2k (exactly $2,249) AhrpuXR
Only Straight and Up! $19.99 3 33% 90 $1.8k (exactly $1,799) AF Games

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