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Should I ship a Dystopian 6DOF game?
6DOF + Dystopian
Only 9 developers shipped a Dystopian 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, Arizona Sunshine® VR Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 5% | $721k (exactly $721,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 400% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 6,810 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, 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
Arizona Sunshine® VR 2 2023 · $2.0M 
Arizona Sunshine® VR Remake 2024 · $721k 
SharpShooter3D 2023 · $445k 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
HordeZ 2016 · $190k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Arizona Sunshine® VR 2 | older | $29.99 | 2,258 84% | 68k | $2.0M (exactly $2,031,523) | Vertigo Games |
| | Arizona Sunshine® VR Remake | $19.99 | 1,203 88% | 36k | $721k (exactly $721,439) | Vertigo Games | |
| | SharpShooter3D | older | $6.99 | 2,122 95% | 64k | $445k (exactly $444,983) | HeadHunters games |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | HordeZ | older | $16.99 | 373 83% | 11k | $190k (exactly $190,118) | Zenz VR |
 | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
 | The Burst | older | $15.99 | 76 72% | 2.3k | $36k (exactly $36,457) | GoRapid Studio |
 | Gambit! | older | $19.99 | 38 26% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | XREAL Games |
 | A Wake Inn | older | $19.99 | 36 58% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | VR Bros |
 | Daybreaker VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 28 35% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Liens, Power Up to Maximum |
 | CINESCAPE VR | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | SUPER AC | |
 | Th3_M1dday_L4dies | $5.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | nonhumans | |
 | Cell Sword | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Classyk Games | |
 | Warranty Not Included | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | VRXtra |
 | Attack of the Jersey Drones | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nekomata Games LLC | |
 | Struggle | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Galactic Lake | |
 | Jumper | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Antgrite |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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