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Should I ship a 6DOF Management game?
6DOF + Management
Only 15 developers shipped a 6DOF Management 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, Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $94k, ×150 the market median. Revenue is up 205% on the market; 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,949) |
| Top 5% | $94k (exactly $94,153) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 205% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Economy, Simulation, Arcade
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 433 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Metro Simulator 2 2023 · $303k 
Fast Food Manager 2021 · $107k 
Cook-Out 2021 · $101k 
Laptop Tycoon 2021 · $96k 
Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game 2025 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Metro Simulator 2 | older | $14.99 | 674 65% | 20k | $303k (exactly $303,098) | KishMish Games |
| | Fast Food Manager | older | $14.99 | 238 69% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $107,029) | Cyber Eye |
| | Cook-Out | older | $19.99 | 169 89% | 5.1k | $101k (exactly $101,349) | Resolution Games |
| | Laptop Tycoon | older | $7.99 | 400 74% | 12k | $96k (exactly $95,880) | Roastery Games |
| | Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game | $19.99 | 157 85% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $94,153) | TREBUCHET | |
 | Clash of Chefs VR | older | $19.99 | 127 79% | 3.8k | $76k (exactly $76,162) | Flat Hill Games |
 | The Cooking Game VR | older | $19.99 | 51 70% | 1.5k | $31k (exactly $30,585) | Play Spirit Limited |
 | Grand MALL Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 134 79% | 4.0k | $24k (exactly $24,080) | Minds2Bros |
 | IRON GUARD: Salvation | $17.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $23,747) | Xlab Digital | |
 | Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending | older | $14.99 | 48 85% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Foggy Box Games |
 | Spacefleet: Heat Death | · EA | $11.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Coffee Quest VR | $9.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Keycap Games LLC | |
 | Forest Construction VR | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | RedLightsStudio | |
 | Bunker Constructor Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Terno Games |
 | Builder Simulator VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | EpicVR | |
 | Game Shop Simulator | $4.99 | 7 0% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | SP GAMES | |
 | Going Loco | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Addis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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