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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic 6DOF game?
6DOF + Post-apocalyptic
Only 12 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, Metro Awakening, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.5k, ×10 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.7M, ×4317 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,394) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,710,796) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 80% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 3,663 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Metro Awakening 2024 · $2.7M 
Zero Caliber 2 Remastered 2025 · $325k 
Apocalyptic Vibes 2023 · $185k 
Death Horizon: Reloaded 2023 · $46k 
Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever 2021 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Metro Awakening | $29.99 | 3,013 73% | 90k | $2.7M (exactly $2,710,796) | Vertigo Games | |
| | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
| | Apocalyptic Vibes | older | $19.99 | 309 73% | 9.3k | $185k (exactly $185,307) | Amanito Computing |
| | Death Horizon: Reloaded | older | $19.99 | 76 80% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Horizon Lab LLP |
| | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
 | The Burst | older | $15.99 | 76 72% | 2.3k | $36k (exactly $36,457) | GoRapid Studio |
 | Gambit! | older | $19.99 | 38 26% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | XREAL Games |
 | Daybreaker VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 28 35% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Liens, Power Up to Maximum |
 | Rotten Apple | older | $14.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | VRilliant Studios |
 | UNDER the WATER - an ocean survival game | older | $9.99 | 50 34% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | UTW Team |
 | Harpagun | $19.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Something Random | |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | T.D.Z. 4 Chapter 1 - Arrival | $5.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | Team GZ, VADIM CHURILOV | |
 | Blood Night | · EA | $1.99 | 109 95% | 3.3k | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) | Team |
 | Evacuation Zone: Tampere | $11.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Virtual Dawn | |
 | Samsara | $9.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Narriflux | |
 | Th3_M1dday_L4dies | $5.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | nonhumans | |
 | Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon | $24.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | Nerd Ninjas |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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