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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Driving game?
Driving + 2D Platformer
Only 8 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Driving 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, WINCH IT OUT, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 5% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Driving
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling feel is tuned by hand
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,658 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
JR EAST Train Simulator 2022 · $844k 
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX 2021 · $453k 
JellyCar Worlds 2022 · $242k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto 2022 · $200k 
Grand Prix Story 2022 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | JR EAST Train Simulator | older | $22.99 | 1,224 77% | 37k | $844k (exactly $844,193) | ONGAKUKAN Co.,Ltd. |
| | Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX | older | $19.99 | 756 80% | 23k | $453k (exactly $453,373) | Jankenteam |
| | JellyCar Worlds | older | $7.99 | 1,008 96% | 30k | $242k (exactly $241,618) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto | older | $59.99 | 111 87% | 3.3k | $200k (exactly $199,767) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
| | Grand Prix Story | older | $8.99 | 214 89% | 6.4k | $58k (exactly $57,716) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | AE86 EUROBEAT DRIFT | older | $9.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | deadworld games |
 | Drift Phonk 666 | older | $0.99 | 245 89% | 7.4k | $7.3k (exactly $7,276) | deadworld games |
 | Rolling Adventure | older | $7.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Jumit |
 | Neon Rider Classic | older | $2.99 | 43 74% | 1.3k | $3.9k (exactly $3,857) | Louissi, Jeff Wofford |
 | WINCH IT OUT | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ARASLANIX | |
 | ROUTE16TURBO | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Cosmo Machia Inc., GOTCH TECHNOLOGY COR… (Cosmo Machia Inc., GOTCH TECHNOLOGY CORP.) | |
 | Extreme Hill Driver | $0.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar | |
 | BeWHEELdering | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Games By Nemiz | |
 | ROUTE16R | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Wit One | |
 | London Train! | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MikuniRailwayGames | |
 | DRIFT ME! | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gone Wrong Games | |
 | cargame123 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ivane Gegia |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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