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Driving + 3D Platformer
Of 92 developers who shipped a 3D Platformer Driving 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.. 86 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 53 developers shipped in the last year and 86 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,007) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 92 |
| Released games | 229 |
| Announced | 86 |
| 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 up 55% on the market, supply 30% 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
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Racing, Physics, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 5,592 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 50 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 86 games are announced against 53 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Interactive FictionFair
- + LogicFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
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Comparable games
Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered 2021 · $3.6M 
Caravan SandWitch 2024 · $2.1M 
Spark the Electric Jester 3 2022 · $1.4M 
Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M 
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom 2024 · $826k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered | older | $29.99 | 3,968 73% | 119k | $3.6M (exactly $3,570,010) | Deep Silver Volition, Sperasoft |
| | Caravan SandWitch | older | $24.99 | 2,797 88% | 84k | $2.1M (exactly $2,096,911) | Studio Plane Toast |
| | Spark the Electric Jester 3 | older | $24.99 | 1,913 96% | 57k | $1.4M (exactly $1,434,176) | Feperd Games |
| | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
| | Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom | older | $16.99 | 1,621 97% | 49k | $826k (exactly $826,224) | Panik Arcade |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
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 | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
 | Youropa | older | $14.99 | 288 93% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | frecle |
 | Chained Wheels | $4.99 | 619 69% | 19k | $93k (exactly $92,664) | Karga Games | |
 | Glider Simulator | $7.99 | 242 97% | 7.3k | $58k (exactly $58,007) | HFRK. | |
 | Moorhuhn Kart 4 | $19.99 | 90 86% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | Korion Interactive | |
 | Driving Is Hard | $6.99 | 200 79% | 6.0k | $42k (exactly $41,940) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition | $64.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $27k (exactly $27,296) | SHINISE GAMES, MFC STUDIO | |
 | Dangerous Mountain Together | $4.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Çağatay Demir, Doğukan Şahin | |
 | DriveCrazy | $10.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,068) | TubezGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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