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Should I ship an Action Motorbike game?
Motorbike + Action
Of 30 developers who shipped an Action Motorbike 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.. 36 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420. 36 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper, while revenue is up 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 20% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Motorbike, Action; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Racing, Arcade, Simulation
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 641 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 9 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Motorbike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + MotocrossLong shot
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + OffroadPoor odds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Days Gone | older | $39.99 | 82,655 92% | 2.5M | $99M (exactly $99,161,204) | Bend Studio |
| | Ghostrunner 2 | older | $39.99 | 7,981 80% | 239k | $9.6M (exactly $9,574,806) | One More Level |
| | Road Redemption | older | $19.99 | 10,842 83% | 325k | $6.5M (exactly $6,501,947) | Redemption Road, Pixel Dash Studios |
| | Burnout™ Paradise Remastered | older | $19.99 | 7,348 64% | 220k | $4.4M (exactly $4,406,596) | Stellar Entertainment, Criterion Games |
| | Laika: Aged Through Blood | older | $19.99 | 5,938 91% | 178k | $3.6M (exactly $3,561,019) | Brainwash Gang |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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