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Should I ship a Score Attack 6DOF game?
6DOF + Score Attack
Only 13 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, DrumBeats VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $630. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $57,562) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 72135% 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.
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF, Score Attack; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Action, Sports
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with VR, 3D, Fast-Paced
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 236 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 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
Death in the Water 2 2023 · $780k 
Kayak VR: Mirage 2022 · $694k 
Metro Simulator 2 2023 · $303k 
Kizuna AI - Touch the Beat! 2023 · $68k 
DrumBeats VR 2024 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Death in the Water 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,734 83% | 52k | $780k (exactly $779,780) | Lighthouse Games Studio |
| | Kayak VR: Mirage | older | $22.99 | 1,006 82% | 30k | $694k (exactly $693,838) | Better Than Life |
| | Metro Simulator 2 | older | $14.99 | 674 65% | 20k | $303k (exactly $303,098) | KishMish Games |
| | Kizuna AI - Touch the Beat! | older | $34.99 | 65 86% | 2.0k | $68k (exactly $68,230) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
| | DrumBeats VR | $14.99 | 128 65% | 3.8k | $58k (exactly $57,562) | Marcel Eissens, VRROOM Ultimate VR Expe… (Marcel Eissens, VRROOM Ultimate VR Experiences BV) | |
 | The Tale of Onogoro | older | $34.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $50k (exactly $50,386) | AMATA Games |
 | Unplugged | older | $19.99 | 74 66% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $44,378) | Anotherway |
 | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
 | Range is HOT! | · EA older | $29.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $35k (exactly $35,088) | Winter Bear Studio |
 | BEAT ARENA | older | $29.99 | 39 56% | 1.2k | $35k (exactly $35,088) | KONAMI |
 | Beat the Beats VR | $19.99 | 48 97% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Parallel Circles | |
 | IRON GUARD: Salvation | $17.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $23,747) | Xlab Digital | |
 | Wingsuit: Romsdalen | $16.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) | Ninja Whale Studios | |
 | Waifu Simulator: Latex Edition | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Slippy Floor | |
 | Attack of the Jersey Drones | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nekomata Games LLC | |
 | Mega Roids | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | PSD Labs LLC | |
 | VR Basketball: Training Challenge | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Revino Games | |
 | Drones Of Destruction | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Indivelope Games | |
 | Waifu Simulator: Christmas Edition | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Slippy Floor |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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