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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy 6DOF game?
6DOF + Dark Fantasy
Only 12 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy 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, One More Delve, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $420. Revenue is up 210% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $416 (exactly $416) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $15,109) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 210% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + TacticalFair
- + RobotsFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister 2022 · $357k 
Darksword: Battle Eternity 2023 · $22k 
One More Delve 2026 · $15k 
Simantik 2023 · $13k 
Fantasex Chronicles 2025 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister | older | $19.99 | 596 70% | 18k | $357k (exactly $357,421) | Soul Assembly Ltd |
| | 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 |
| | Fantasex Chronicles | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | SinVR | |
 | TERMINUS | older | $7.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | Showbag Entertainment |
 | Silent Mansion : Part2 | older | $6.99 | 29 65% | 870 | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) | MINO ENTERTAINMENT INC |
 | Corrupted Hospital : Part1 | older | $2.99 | 65 61% | 2.0k | $5.8k (exactly $5,830) | MINO ENTERTAINMENT INC |
 | Citor3 Hallucinations VR Adult XXX Game | older | $4.99 | 32 68% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | Citor3 |
 | HexWind | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Charm Games | |
 | GHOST CAM | $10.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | ARCH REBELS | |
 | My Monsters | $19.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Ludact | |
 | Samsara | $9.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Narriflux | |
 | Painted Legend: Knights of Ink & Paper | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Storyan teaM | |
 | Waifu Simulator: Latex Edition | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Slippy Floor | |
 | FastShoot | $0.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Fleer Art Studio, L1as | |
 | Dark Avos | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | V1S |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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