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Should I ship a 6DOF Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + 6DOF
Only 7 developers shipped a 6DOF Automobile Sim 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, Drone Simulator VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $1.5k. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $480 (exactly $480) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,332) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, 6DOF
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 19,365 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
CarX Street 2024 · $11M 
OverDrift Festival 2022 · $331k 
Virtual Sailor NG 2022 · $158k 
Deep Space Battle Simulator 2021 · $107k 
Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing 2021 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | CarX Street | older | $19.99 | 17,600 72% | 528k | $11M (exactly $10,554,720) | CarX Technologies, LLC |
| | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
| | Virtual Sailor NG | older | $39.99 | 132 90% | 4.0k | $158k (exactly $158,360) | Ilan Papini |
| | Deep Space Battle Simulator | older | $9.99 | 358 78% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | yeswecamp |
| | Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing | older | $29.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $18k (exactly $17,994) | UNIVRS, Inc. |
 | Warehouse Simulator: Forklift Driver | older | $10.99 | 43 62% | 1.3k | $14k (exactly $14,177) | Andreev Worlds, Gamesforfarm |
 | hoVRboard | older | $11.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | TomyHorst |
 | Drone Simulator VR | $13.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | 0Space | |
 | EQDRIVE.IO | older | $9.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Realityocean Games |
 | Karting4Fun | $7.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | LukasH | |
 | Grand Donald Trump Simulator | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Nuke Island Games | |
 | Ambulance Driver Life VR | $7.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | İNİTİUM STUDİO | |
 | Bucket Truck VR Simulator | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | VR Vision Inc | |
 | Fun Road | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | RMIT | |
 | Speed Lane | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | mannered.monster |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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