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Should I ship a 6DOF Driving game?
Driving + 6DOF
Only 7 developers shipped a 6DOF Driving 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, VR Sailing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $480 (exactly $480) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) |
| Top 5% | $74k (exactly $73,588) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, 6DOF
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 20,188 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + World War IIFair
- + MusicFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + LogicFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
CarX Street 2024 · $11M 
OverDrift Festival 2022 · $331k 
Metro Simulator 2 2023 · $303k 
Disassembly VR 2019 · $141k 
VR Skater 2024 · $133k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | CarX Street | older | $19.99 | 17,600 72% | 528k | $11M (exactly $10,554,720) | CarX Technologies, LLC |
| | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
| | Metro Simulator 2 | older | $14.99 | 674 65% | 20k | $303k (exactly $303,098) | KishMish Games |
| | Disassembly VR | older | $29.99 | 157 59% | 4.7k | $141k (exactly $141,253) | Khor Chin Heong |
| | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
 | VR Sailing | $7.99 | 307 96% | 9.2k | $74k (exactly $73,588) | HFRK. | |
 | Warehouse Simulator: Forklift Driver | older | $10.99 | 43 62% | 1.3k | $14k (exactly $14,177) | Andreev Worlds, Gamesforfarm |
 | hoVRboard | older | $11.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | TomyHorst |
 | Eco Volunteer | $11.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Scope Creepers | |
 | EQDRIVE.IO | older | $9.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Realityocean Games |
 | Karting4Fun | $7.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | LukasH | |
 | Ambulance Driver Life VR | $7.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | İNİTİUM STUDİO | |
 | Bucket Truck VR Simulator | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | VR Vision Inc | |
 | Cyber Tunnel Escape | $3.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Li Zekang | |
 | Speed Lane | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | mannered.monster |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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