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Should I ship a Precision Platformer 6DOF game?
6DOF + Precision Platformer
Only 12 developers shipped a Precision Platformer 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, PixelBoss: Shattered Depths, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,405) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 80% fewer developers than the period before.
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
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 177 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 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
Comparable games
STRAYLIGHT 2023 · $13k 
PixelBoss: Shattered Depths 2026 · EA · $10k 
Monkey Doo 2023 · $4.0k 
PT+ 2020 · $3.6k 
Kartoffl 2022 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STRAYLIGHT | older | $19.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Dr BLOC |
| | PixelBoss: Shattered Depths | · EA | $2.99 | 116 75% | 3.5k | $10k (exactly $10,405) | Quacky Games |
| | Monkey Doo | older | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Continuum XR |
| | PT+ | older | $19.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Liam McMains |
| | Kartoffl | older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Breach |
 | CucumbeRunner | older | $3.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Crystal Bat Studio |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | Only Straight and Up! | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | AF Games | |
 | Call of Fries | older | $0.99 | 41 65% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,218) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh |
 | Bullet Destroyer | older | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Bootur 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Struggle | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Galactic Lake | |
 | Gravity | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | VortexStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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