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Should I ship a 6DOF Tactical game?
Tactical + 6DOF
Only 14 developers shipped a 6DOF Tactical 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, Angels Fall First, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 575% on the market; 19 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,193) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 575% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Tactical, 6DOF; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, FPS
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, VR
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 5,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 19 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tactical with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SolitaireFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
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Comparable games
Angels Fall First 2026 · $2.1M 
Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone 2026 · EA · $885k 
Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister 2022 · $357k 
Guardians Frontline 2023 · $215k 
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs 2019 · $191k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Angels Fall First | $17.99 | 3,835 81% | 115k | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) | Strangely Interactive Ltd | |
| | Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone | · EA | $24.99 | 1,180 78% | 35k | $885k (exactly $884,646) | ANB_Seth |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister | older | $19.99 | 596 70% | 18k | $357k (exactly $357,421) | Soul Assembly Ltd |
| | Guardians Frontline | older | $24.99 | 287 83% | 8.6k | $215k (exactly $215,164) | VirtualAge |
| | Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs | older | $19.99 | 318 89% | 9.5k | $191k (exactly $190,705) | Resolution Games |
 | Range is HOT! | · EA older | $29.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $35k (exactly $35,088) | Winter Bear Studio |
 | IRON GUARD: Salvation | $17.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $24k (exactly $23,747) | Xlab Digital | |
 | Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Polyarc | |
 | Spacefleet: Heat Death | · EA | $11.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Detached: Non-VR Edition | older | $14.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Anshar Studios |
 | A-Spec First Assault | $14.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Digitum Software | |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | Arvoch Alliance SE | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | |
 | BodyPanic | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | MD | |
 | Glory Defence | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Waytrel Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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