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Should I ship a 6DOF Flight game?
Flight + 6DOF
Of 27 developers who shipped a 6DOF Flight 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.. 60 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×234 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 60 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) |
| Top 5% | $147k (exactly $147,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 109 |
| Announced | 60 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 down 75% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, 6DOF; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Simulation
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, VR, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,008 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 60 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + CatsFair
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
Comparable games
VTOL VR 2017 · $18M 
EVERSPACE™ 2017 · $5.9M 
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021 · $3.5M 
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Flight Of Nova 2022 · EA · $483k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | VTOL VR | older | $29.99 | 19,885 98% | 597k | $18M (exactly $17,890,534) | Boundless Dynamics, LLC |
| | EVERSPACE™ | older | $19.99 | 9,809 77% | 294k | $5.9M (exactly $5,882,457) | ROCKFISH Games |
| | Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 7,770 95% | 233k | $3.5M (exactly $3,494,169) | Luminite |
| | TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator | · EA older | $16.99 | 3,155 85% | 95k | $1.6M (exactly $1,608,103) | UNDEAD BATTERY |
| | Flight Of Nova | · EA older | $29.99 | 537 93% | 16k | $483k (exactly $483,139) | Aerovery Lab |
 | Aquanox Deep Descent | older | $29.99 | 463 48% | 14k | $417k (exactly $416,561) | Digital Arrow |
 | Evochron Legacy SE | older | $24.99 | 415 82% | 12k | $311k (exactly $311,126) | StarWraith 3D Games LLC |
 | Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter | $19.99 | 494 91% | 15k | $296k (exactly $296,252) | TruePlayers | |
 | Descent | older | $19.99 | 462 96% | 14k | $277k (exactly $277,061) | Parallax |
 | Underspace | · EA older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | Pastaspace Interactive |
 | Desecrators | $14.99 | 327 96% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | Woodhound | |
 | Alliance Peacefighter | $18.99 | 56 83% | 1.7k | $32k (exactly $31,903) | Urban Logic Games | |
 | Max Mustard | $19.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Toast Interactive | |
 | Drone Simulator VR | $13.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | 0Space | |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator | |
 | Wrath and Retribution | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Mad Vulture Games | |
 | Sylph | $12.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Softmax Foundries | |
 | A-Spec First Assault | $14.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Digitum Software | |
 | SKY LEGENDS - An Aeropostal Epic | $24.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | SUPER AC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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