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Should I ship a Multiple Endings 6DOF game?
6DOF + Multiple Endings
Only 11 developers shipped a Multiple Endings 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, Max Mustard, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $22k, ×36 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,789) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 104 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 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
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PANELKI 2022 · $576k 
The Secret of Retropolis 2021 · $49k 
Aquarelle 2021 · $34k 
Airline Flight Attendant Simulator VR 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon) | older | $17.99 | 9,616 81% | 288k | $5.2M (exactly $5,189,755) | 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 |
| | PANELKI | older | $7.99 | 2,404 86% | 72k | $576k (exactly $576,239) | Alexander Gromyko |
| | The Secret of Retropolis | older | $9.99 | 162 92% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | Peanut Button |
| | Aquarelle | older | $59.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $34k (exactly $34,194) | Andreev Worlds |
| | Airline Flight Attendant Simulator VR | older | $24.99 | 39 66% | 1.2k | $29k (exactly $29,238) | AVIAR B.V. |
 | Mare | older | $19.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Lonekite Games |
 | Max Mustard | $19.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Toast Interactive | |
 | A Wake Inn | older | $19.99 | 36 58% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | VR Bros |
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 | GHOST CAM | $10.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | ARCH REBELS | |
 | The Obsessive Shadow | $4.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Pablo Heckman | |
 | Project: Nova | $7.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Fringe Realities | |
 | Sailing The Winds | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | PS Games | |
 | Shadows of the Past | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SomeTimesAtNight | |
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 | Please Ignore The Anomalies | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Unrealist Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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