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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Offroad game?
Offroad + 3D Platformer
Only 14 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Offroad 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, Chained Wheels, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $92k, ×62 the market median. Revenue is up 3350% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $478 (exactly $478) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) |
| Top 5% | $93k (exactly $92,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 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 3350% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Offroad
- effort 7 / 10 · low · terrain and suspension physics
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Offroad, 3D Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Driving, Physics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Funny, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 892 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Offroad with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom 2024 · $826k 
Chained Wheels 2026 · $93k 
Dangerous Mountain Together 2026 · $25k 
N3Rally 2025 · EA · $22k 
Supermarket Shriek 2020 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom | older | $16.99 | 1,621 97% | 49k | $826k (exactly $826,224) | Panik Arcade |
| | Chained Wheels | $4.99 | 619 69% | 19k | $93k (exactly $92,664) | Karga Games | |
| | Dangerous Mountain Together | $4.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Çağatay Demir, Doğukan Şahin | |
| | N3Rally | · EA | $19.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | nae3apps |
| | Supermarket Shriek | older | $19.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd |
 | Jet Car Stunts | older | $2.99 | 120 81% | 3.6k | $11k (exactly $10,764) | GRIP Digital s.r.o. |
 | Designated Driver Simulator | · EA | $17.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | PostSIM |
 | Drive Up | older | $4.99 | 39 51% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Astrasoft |
 | Resoraki: The racing | older | $0.99 | 123 68% | 3.7k | $3.7k (exactly $3,653) | Airem |
 | Deedlee Doo! Carkour! | $3.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Just Purkey Games | |
 | MX Racing World | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Nitx Games | |
 | Beach Bass | $2.44 | 10 100% | 300 | $732 (exactly $732) | Crow Studios | |
 | Tractor Driving Simulator | $1.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Nitx Games | |
 | Vector Horizon | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Solara | |
 | Up To Divine | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | GHSPG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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