Should I ship a Runner 6DOF game?
6DOF + Runner
Only 10 developers shipped a Runner 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, Vertigo Rush, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 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 $360 against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 25% | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 5% | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 1810% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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, Runner
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 68% positive over 50 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Panoptic 2020 · $143k 
VR Skater 2024 · $133k 
Run Pizza Run 2024 · $12k 
Climb VR New York Parkour 2023 · $7.2k 
Venture's Gauntlet: The Ultimate VR Fitness Obstacle Course 2024 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
| | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
| | Run Pizza Run | older | $4.99 | 83 86% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | IZI Games |
| | Climb VR New York Parkour | older | $19.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | SRİO |
| | Venture's Gauntlet: The Ultimate VR Fitness Obstacle Course | older | $9.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Bearhammer Games LTD |
 | Vacuum cleaner robot simulator: pile sos edition | older | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | CucumbeRunner | older | $3.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Crystal Bat Studio |
 | Vertigo Rush | · EA | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Sumalab |
 | Only Straight and Up! | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | AF Games | |
 | Cat Go! Ultimate Challenge | older | $1.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | Andreev Worlds, Gamesforgames |
 | Fear Simulator VR | $3.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Overbuilt S.A. | |
 | Skuf for altushki | $0.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $594 (exactly $594) | Skuf | |
 | Circus Challenge | $0.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Angel Torres | |
 | Gravity | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | VortexStudio | |
 | Bizzare Cat Rescuer | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | NinjaCat | |
 | Deathrun | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Inonia Games | |
 | Speed Lane | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | mannered.monster | |
 | Rapid Puppet | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Warp Zone Experiments |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.