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Should I ship a Resource Management 6DOF game?
6DOF + Resource Management
Only 9 developers shipped a Resource Management 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, Grand MALL Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $24k, ×38 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 26 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $24,080) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 65% on the market, supply 25% more 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
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Resource Management
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,492 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 26 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 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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Winds & Leaves 2021 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Townsmen VR | older | $39.99 | 426 83% | 13k | $511k (exactly $511,072) | HandyGames |
| | Fast Food Manager | older | $14.99 | 238 69% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $107,029) | Cyber Eye |
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| | Winds & Leaves | older | $29.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $25k (exactly $25,192) | TREBUCHET |
 | Grand MALL Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 134 79% | 4.0k | $24k (exactly $24,080) | Minds2Bros |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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