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Should I ship a Crafting 6DOF game?
6DOF + Crafting
Only 16 developers shipped a Crafting 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, Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.3 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 $94k, ×150 the market median. Revenue is up 335% on the market; 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) |
| Top 5% | $94k (exactly $94,153) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 335% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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, Crafting
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 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
Aquanox Deep Descent 2020 · $417k 
Wanted Raccoon 2021 · EA · $336k 
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022 · $152k 
Archean 2024 · EA · $145k 
Fast Food Manager 2021 · $107k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Fast Food Manager | older | $14.99 | 238 69% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $107,029) | Cyber Eye |
 | Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game | $19.99 | 157 85% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $94,153) | TREBUCHET | |
 | AI Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 206 83% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Diophante Studio |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | Darksword: Battle Eternity | older | $24.99 | 29 55% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Com2uS ROCA |
 | Daybreaker VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 28 35% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Liens, Power Up to Maximum |
 | One More Delve | $13.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $15,109) | ATVR | |
 | Wall Town Wonders | $19.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | Cyborn B.V. | |
 | Coffee Quest VR | $9.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Keycap Games LLC | |
 | 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 | |
 | Builder Simulator VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | EpicVR | |
 | Shopenkraft's Magic Goods | $14.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Ingenious Studios | |
 | Echowood | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | SansaraDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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