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Should I ship a 6DOF Parkour game?
Parkour + 6DOF
Only 10 developers shipped a 6DOF Parkour 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, Doggy Up!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 5% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 50% on the market, supply 55% 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, 6DOF
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 66 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + ModernPoor odds
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Comparable games
Gorilla Tag 2023 · $32M 
STRIDE: Fates 2024 · $134k 
VR Skater 2024 · $133k 
The Burst 2024 · $36k 
Plank not included 2017 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gorilla Tag | older | $19.99 | 52,637 93% | 1.6M | $32M (exactly $31,566,409) | Another Axiom Inc. |
| | STRIDE: Fates | older | $29.99 | 149 51% | 4.5k | $134k (exactly $134,055) | Joy Way |
| | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
| | The Burst | older | $15.99 | 76 72% | 2.3k | $36k (exactly $36,457) | GoRapid Studio |
| | Plank not included | older | $11.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,107) | 4 Fun Studio |
 | STRAYLIGHT | older | $19.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Dr BLOC |
 | hoVRboard | older | $11.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | TomyHorst |
 | Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station | older | $17.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Gamedust |
 | DVR Simulator | older | $14.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Demonixis Games |
 | Monkey Doo | older | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Continuum XR |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | Vertigo Rush | · EA | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Sumalab |
 | Only Straight and Up! | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | AF Games | |
 | Skuf for altushki | $0.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $594 (exactly $594) | Skuf | |
 | Circus Challenge | $0.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Angel Torres | |
 | ZipRush: Surf the Void | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Narriflux |
 | Squirrel Day | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Granite Top Games | |
 | POGO Epoch: Impossible 99% | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 힉학헉 |
 | Spider Canyon | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | GrilledBlueTuna, Nathan Lapp | |
 | GRAVIT | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | OnyxPawGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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