Should I ship a Science 6DOF game?
6DOF + Science
Only 6 developers shipped a Science 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, Spacefleet: Heat Death, 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, ×4.0 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 $540 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,949) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 2175% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- $4.99 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 $16.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 11,726 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, 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
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021 · $3.5M 
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Archean 2024 · EA · $145k 
AI Drone Simulator 2021 · $93k 
Project Third Eye 2023 · EA · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 7,770 95% | 233k | $3.5M (exactly $3,494,169) | Luminite |
| | TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator | · EA older | $16.99 | 3,155 85% | 95k | $1.6M (exactly $1,608,103) | UNDEAD BATTERY |
| | Archean | · EA older | $19.99 | 241 87% | 7.2k | $145k (exactly $144,528) | batcholi, FloDKSM |
| | AI Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 206 83% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Diophante Studio |
| | Project Third Eye | · EA older | $11.99 | 166 74% | 5.0k | $60k (exactly $59,710) | YueWorks |
 | Biolum | older | $3.99 | 113 81% | 3.4k | $14k (exactly $13,526) | IKO, Reynard Films, Prefrontal Cortex |
 | Spacefleet: Heat Death | · EA | $11.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Stargaze | older | $19.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Played With Fire |
 | DVR Simulator | older | $14.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Demonixis Games |
 | PT+ | older | $19.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Liam McMains |
 | COSMOS VR | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Mirage Makers | |
 | RE-ANIMATED | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Erratic Animist | |
 | Perspective Remastered | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Stardom Game Studios | |
 | Robotic Arm Simulator | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | KUOKUO | |
 | Math Challenge AR | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Peter Mathinger |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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