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Should I ship a Level Editor 6DOF game?
6DOF + Level Editor
Only 8 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, RAGER, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $9.5k, ×15 the market median. Revenue is up 575% on the market; 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
| Top 5% | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 575% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Level Editor
- Price point
- $19.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 21,470 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
VTOL VR 2017 · $18M 
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs 2019 · $191k 
Audio Trip 2022 · $167k 
Maestro VR 2022 · EA · $101k 
Laptop Tycoon 2021 · $96k | 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 |
| | Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs | older | $19.99 | 318 89% | 9.5k | $191k (exactly $190,705) | Resolution Games |
| | Audio Trip | older | $19.99 | 278 91% | 8.3k | $167k (exactly $166,717) | Kinemotik Studios |
| | Maestro VR | · EA older | $29.99 | 112 62% | 3.4k | $101k (exactly $100,766) | Symphonic Games |
| | Laptop Tycoon | older | $7.99 | 400 74% | 12k | $96k (exactly $95,880) | Roastery Games |
 | Dance Dash | · EA older | $19.99 | 155 82% | 4.7k | $93k (exactly $92,954) | Rebuff Reality |
 | AI Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 206 83% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Diophante Studio |
 | Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator | older | $19.99 | 87 78% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | KreizLand Games |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | Taiko Frenzy | older | $12.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) | Glitchr Studio |
 | AI Games | $59.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | SUNYU Games | |
 | Just Futanari 3 | $24.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $2.2k (exactly $2,249) | AhrpuXR | |
 | Portal Foxes TD | $10.00 | 2 100% | 60 | $600 (exactly $600) | World Fabric | |
 | Neon Cipher | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | eXomorph Games | |
 | ZipRush: Surf the Void | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Narriflux |
 | Orifoldium | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Dark Union | |
 | Gravity Grove | $7.49 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tapling Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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