Should I ship a War 6DOF game?
6DOF + War
Only 11 developers shipped a War 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, Angels Fall First, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 12810% on the market; 10 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,949) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 12810% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 4,338 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + TacticalFair
- + RobotsFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
VTOL VR 2017 · $18M 
Angels Fall First 2026 · $2.1M 
Zero Caliber 2 Remastered 2025 · $325k 
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded 2021 · $194k 
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War 2014 · $140k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | VTOL VR | older | $29.99 | 19,885 98% | 597k | $18M (exactly $17,890,534) | Boundless Dynamics, LLC |
| | Angels Fall First | $17.99 | 3,835 81% | 115k | $2.1M (exactly $2,069,749) | Strangely Interactive Ltd | |
| | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
| | Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded | older | $19.99 | 324 84% | 9.7k | $194k (exactly $194,303) | Sumalab |
| | Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War | older | $19.99 | 234 77% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Volition Inc. |
 | Ultrawings 2 | older | $19.99 | 115 70% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Bit Planet Games, LLC |
 | Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships | older | $7.99 | 245 76% | 7.4k | $59k (exactly $58,726) | Akella |
 | Uberlaufer | · EA older | $10.00 | 74 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,200) | Think Tank Decoy Software LLC |
 | ARK and ADE | older | $9.99 | 57 96% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Castello Inc |
 | Spacefleet: Heat Death | · EA | $11.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator | |
 | A-Spec First Assault | $14.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Digitum Software | |
 | Samsara | $9.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Narriflux | |
 | Medic Simulator: Combat Zone | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Code Lab |
 | BLOCKADE War Stories .VR | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Novalink | |
 | Drones Of Destruction | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Indivelope Games | |
 | Tanks online | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Aleksey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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