Should I ship a Robot 6DOF game?
6DOF + Robots
Only 10 developers shipped a Robot 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, Roboquest VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 400% on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) |
| Top 5% | $355k (exactly $355,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 400% on the market, supply 135% more 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 91% positive over 758 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + TacticalFair
- + WarFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Raw Data 2017 · $2.4M 
Overload 2018 · $1.5M 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Guardians Frontline 2023 · $215k 
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022 · $152k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Raw Data | older | $39.99 | 2,036 81% | 61k | $2.4M (exactly $2,442,589) | Survios |
| | Overload | older | $29.99 | 1,649 94% | 49k | $1.5M (exactly $1,483,605) | Revival Productions, LLC |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | Guardians Frontline | older | $24.99 | 287 83% | 8.6k | $215k (exactly $215,164) | VirtualAge |
| | MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE | older | $19.99 | 253 93% | 7.6k | $152k (exactly $151,724) | Terrible Posture Games |
 | Desecrators | $14.99 | 327 96% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | Woodhound | |
 | War Tech Fighters | older | $19.99 | 228 74% | 6.8k | $137k (exactly $136,732) | Drakkar Dev |
 | AI Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 206 83% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Diophante Studio |
 | Fighting Robots | older | $2.99 | 228 54% | 6.8k | $20k (exactly $20,452) | HFM Games |
 | 2MD:VR Football Unleashed ALL✰STAR | older | $14.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Truant Pixel, LLC |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | Vertigo Rush | · EA | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Sumalab |
 | CINESCAPE VR | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | SUPER AC | |
 | Warranty Not Included | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | VRXtra |
 | H.Z.T. | $2.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | InterAxis Studio | |
 | Robotic Arm Simulator | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | KUOKUO | |
 | StarBay | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cfyz | |
 | Gunshot Survivors VR | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HachiKuGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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