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Should I ship a Military 6DOF game?
6DOF + Military
Only 10 developers shipped a Military 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, Angels Fall First, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.6k, ×12 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $2.0M, ×3296 the market median. Revenue is up 14105% on the market; 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,747) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 14105% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 81% positive over 4,391 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
VTOL VR 2017 · $18M 
Angels Fall First 2026 · $2.1M 
Zero Caliber 2 Remastered 2025 · $325k 
Ultrawings 2 2022 · $69k 
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships 2018 · $59k | 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 |
| | Angels Fall First | $17.99 | 3,835 81% | 115k | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) | Strangely Interactive Ltd | |
| | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
| | Ultrawings 2 | older | $19.99 | 115 70% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Bit Planet Games, LLC |
| | Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships | older | $7.99 | 245 76% | 7.4k | $59k (exactly $58,726) | Akella |
 | Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator | older | $19.99 | 87 78% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | KreizLand Games |
 | Range is HOT! | · EA older | $29.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $35k (exactly $35,088) | Winter Bear Studio |
 | IRON GUARD: Salvation | $17.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $23,747) | Xlab Digital | |
 | ARK and ADE | older | $9.99 | 57 96% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Castello Inc |
 | Death Horizon: Cyberfusion | $7.99 | 61 67% | 1.8k | $15k (exactly $14,622) | Horizon Lab | |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator | |
 | Medic Simulator: Combat Zone | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Code Lab |
 | BLOCKADE War Stories .VR | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Novalink | |
 | Tanks online | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Aleksey | |
 | Cannoneer | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | dReal | |
 | Chinese Chess Way | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SeeingTec |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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