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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer 6DOF game?
6DOF + Puzzle Platformer
Only 14 developers shipped a Puzzle 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, Family Friends: Beyond Home, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 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. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 49 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 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
Eye of the Temple 2021 · $235k 
A Fisherman's Tale 2 2023 · $75k 
The Tale of Onogoro 2022 · $50k 
The Prism 2015 · $19k 
Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station 2023 · $8.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Eye of the Temple | older | $19.99 | 392 92% | 12k | $235k (exactly $235,082) | Rune Skovbo Johansen |
| | A Fisherman's Tale 2 | older | $14.99 | 166 84% | 5.0k | $75k (exactly $74,650) | InnerspaceVR |
| | The Tale of Onogoro | older | $34.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $50k (exactly $50,386) | AMATA Games |
| | The Prism | older | $4.99 | 127 68% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,012) | Nikhil. T, Gabriel. H |
| | Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station | older | $17.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Gamedust |
 | DANGER! Escape Lab | older | $4.99 | 43 58% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Games 4Experience, Don't Bite Devs |
 | DREAM TIME | older | $7.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | AI mainland Game studio |
 | God Within VR | · EA older | $8.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | S.Y. Games |
 | Vacuum cleaner robot simulator: pile sos edition | older | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | Plumber | older | $14.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Miltan Digital Ltd |
 | Family Friends: Beyond Home | $7.99 | 13 30% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | eroverse | |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | 6 rooms | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | UUE | |
 | Gripper's 3D/VR Adventure | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Gripper's Studio | |
 | Neon Cipher | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | eXomorph Games | |
 | Perspective Remastered | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Stardom Game Studios | |
 | Spider Canyon | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | GrilledBlueTuna, Nathan Lapp | |
 | GRAVIT | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | OnyxPawGames | |
 | Nangong Detective Agency | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 喵噫酱（Miao Yee） | |
 | Arsonist '24 Director's Cut | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | lollipopsss, R. Mirkulić |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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