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Should I ship a Roguelite 6DOF game?
6DOF + Roguelite
Only 10 developers shipped a Roguelite 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: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 65% on the market, with 12 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) |
| Top 5% | $355k (exactly $355,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 down 65% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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, Roguelite
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 87% positive over 421 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
EVERSPACE™ 2017 · $5.9M 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Sublevel Zero Redux 2015 · $201k 
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022 · $152k 
Lost Fleet 2022 · EA · $40k | 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 |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | 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 |
| | Lost Fleet | · EA older | $19.99 | 67 61% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | InfinityNan Studios |
 | NeonXSZ | older | $9.99 | 92 75% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Intravenous Software |
 | Darksword: Battle Eternity | older | $24.99 | 29 55% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Com2uS ROCA |
 | MECH PUNK | older | $4.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Mr. Pink |
 | HexWind | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Charm Games | |
 | Pixelpunk XL | older | $3.99 | 33 69% | 990 | $4.0k (exactly $3,950) | Mykhail Konokh |
 | Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon | $24.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | Nerd Ninjas | |
 | BeaconBound | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | SMAR Studio | |
 | Dark Avos | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | V1S | |
 | Sporeborn Dark | $0.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | ValiantLight | |
 | Battle of Nowhere | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Great Victory Legends, Inc. |
 | Lightbody | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Lucid Interactive | |
 | Horde Beyond | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Confident Media Group |
 | Gunshot Survivors VR | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HachiKuGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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