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Should I ship a Medieval 6DOF game?
6DOF + Medieval
Only 12 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Shopenkraft's Magic Goods, 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, ×4.5 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 $420 against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $416 (exactly $416) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 39 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 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
Townsmen VR 2022 · $511k 
Spice&Wolf VR2 2020 · $497k 
Broken Edge 2022 · $267k 
Skyworld 2017 · $103k 
Darksword: Battle Eternity 2023 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Townsmen VR | older | $39.99 | 426 83% | 13k | $511k (exactly $511,072) | HandyGames |
| | Spice&Wolf VR2 | older | $24.99 | 663 96% | 20k | $497k (exactly $497,051) | SpicyTails |
| | Broken Edge | older | $14.99 | 593 86% | 18k | $267k (exactly $266,672) | TREBUCHET |
| | Skyworld | older | $14.99 | 229 79% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $102,981) | Vertigo Games, Wolfdog Interactive |
| | Darksword: Battle Eternity | older | $24.99 | 29 55% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Com2uS ROCA |
 | Chess VR: Multiverse Journey | older | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Mastery VR |
 | God Within VR | · EA older | $8.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | S.Y. Games |
 | Sword King | · EA older | $24.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | C. J. K. |
 | Rilla Shotgun | · EA older | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | SpaceRex Games |
 | Tiny Archers VR | older | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | 1DER Entertainment |
 | Shopenkraft's Magic Goods | $14.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Ingenious Studios | |
 | Painted Legend: Knights of Ink & Paper | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Storyan teaM | |
 | Halloween Candy Reclaim | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sourcenity | |
 | The Tavern Tales: Medieval Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Flash Ray Games |
 | Darkest Messia | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Spektraz Games |
 | FastShoot | $0.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Fleer Art Studio, L1as | |
 | POGO Epoch: Impossible 99% | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 힉학헉 |
 | Quiver Quest | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Orca Virtual | |
 | Province: Suroste | · EA | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Ztry8 (AslanD) |
 | Grey Cloaks of Aron: The Sleeping Village | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | DullSeasonGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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