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Should I ship a 6DOF Sports game?
Sports + 6DOF
Of 21 developers who shipped a 6DOF Sports game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×176 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 31 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $28,786) |
| Top 5% | $110k (exactly $110,345) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 108 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, 6DOF; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Immersive Sim, Action
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with VR, Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,044 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 7 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
CarX Street 2024 · $11M 
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021 · $3.5M 
Walkabout Mini Golf VR 2021 · $2.3M 
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Kayak VR: Mirage 2022 · $694k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | CarX Street | older | $19.99 | 17,600 72% | 528k | $11M (exactly $10,554,720) | CarX Technologies, LLC |
| | Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator | older | $14.99 | 7,770 95% | 233k | $3.5M (exactly $3,494,169) | Luminite |
| | Walkabout Mini Golf VR | older | $24.99 | 3,094 97% | 93k | $2.3M (exactly $2,319,572) | Mighty Coconut |
| | TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator | · EA older | $16.99 | 3,155 85% | 95k | $1.6M (exactly $1,608,103) | UNDEAD BATTERY |
| | Kayak VR: Mirage | older | $22.99 | 1,006 82% | 30k | $694k (exactly $693,838) | Better Than Life |
 | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
 | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
 | First Person Tennis - The Real Tennis Simulator | older | $24.99 | 349 87% | 10k | $262k (exactly $261,645) | Mikori Games |
 | Audio Trip | older | $19.99 | 278 91% | 8.3k | $167k (exactly $166,717) | Kinemotik Studios |
 | Virtual Sailor NG | older | $39.99 | 132 90% | 4.0k | $158k (exactly $158,360) | Ilan Papini |
 | Virtual Hunter | $24.99 | 173 71% | 5.2k | $130k (exactly $129,698) | Korpi Games Oy | |
 | Real VR Fishing | $19.99 | 184 73% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | Devs United Games, Inc | |
 | VR Sailing | $7.99 | 307 96% | 9.2k | $74k (exactly $73,588) | HFRK. | |
 | Virtual Skate | · EA | $19.99 | 96 98% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | Flip Axis Studios |
 | 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) | |
 | Beat the Beats VR | $19.99 | 48 97% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Parallel Circles | |
 | Dance Eden | $19.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $25k (exactly $25,187) | DigiEden | |
 | Drone Simulator VR | $13.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | 0Space | |
 | Fly Caster - VR Fly Fishing | $14.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Electronic Imagination | |
 | Karting4Fun | $7.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | LukasH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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