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Should I ship a 6DOF Stealth game?
Stealth + 6DOF
Only 9 developers shipped a 6DOF Stealth 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, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.4k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,814) |
| Top 5% | $204k (exactly $203,898) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 1085% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Stealth, 6DOF
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 622 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Wanted Raccoon 2021 · EA · $336k 
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow 2025 · $204k 
Panoptic 2020 · $143k 
STRIDE: Fates 2024 · $134k 
Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game 2025 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wanted Raccoon | · EA older | $16.99 | 660 72% | 20k | $336k (exactly $336,402) | MAD Sprouts |
| | Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow | $19.99 | 340 75% | 10k | $204k (exactly $203,898) | Maze Theory | |
| | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
| | STRIDE: Fates | older | $29.99 | 149 51% | 4.5k | $134k (exactly $134,055) | Joy Way |
| | Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game | $19.99 | 157 85% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $94,153) | TREBUCHET | |
 | Uberlaufer | · EA older | $10.00 | 74 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,200) | Think Tank Decoy Software LLC |
 | A Wake Inn | older | $19.99 | 36 58% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | VR Bros |
 | House of Empty Names | $5.99 | 88 87% | 2.6k | $16k (exactly $15,814) | Sordar Studios | |
 | Ghost Stories 2 | older | $14.99 | 31 70% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | AK Studio |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator | |
 | Phantom Asylum VR | · EA | $9.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SRVR |
 | Data Rot | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Nekomata Games LLC | |
 | ShadowStrikeVR | · EA | $9.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Charming Game Studio |
 | HARVESTED | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Bite-Sized Games | |
 | Shadows of the Past | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SomeTimesAtNight | |
 | Monsters In My Closet | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nekomata Games LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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