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Should I ship a Roguelike 6DOF game?
6DOF + Roguelike
Only 15 developers shipped a Roguelike 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, Bootstrap Island, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.7k, ×7.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 165% on the market; 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 25% | $147k (exactly $147,052) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,091) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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 165% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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, Roguelike
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,796 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TacticalFair
- + RobotsFair
- + WarFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
EVERSPACE™ 2017 · $5.9M 
Bootstrap Island 2026 · $1.0M 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter 2025 · $296k 
Sublevel Zero Redux 2015 · $201k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EVERSPACE™ | older | $19.99 | 9,809 77% | 294k | $5.9M (exactly $5,882,457) | ROCKFISH Games |
| | Bootstrap Island | $24.99 | 1,362 81% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,091) | Maru VR | |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter | $19.99 | 494 91% | 15k | $296k (exactly $296,252) | TruePlayers | |
| | Sublevel Zero Redux | older | $14.99 | 448 85% | 13k | $201k (exactly $201,466) | Sigtrap |
 | 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 | |
 | Uberlaufer | · EA older | $10.00 | 74 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,200) | Think Tank Decoy Software LLC |
 | Death Horizon: Cyberfusion | $7.99 | 61 67% | 1.8k | $15k (exactly $14,622) | Horizon Lab | |
 | PixelBoss: Shattered Depths | · EA | $2.99 | 116 75% | 3.5k | $10k (exactly $10,405) | Quacky Games |
 | Wrath and Retribution | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Mad Vulture Games | |
 | HexWind | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Charm Games | |
 | Only Straight and Up! | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | AF Games | |
 | 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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