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Should I ship an Action Skateboarding game?
Skateboarding + Action
Of 30 developers who shipped an Action Skateboarding 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.. 56 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.7k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $2.3M, ×3796 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 56 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 25% | $62k (exactly $61,826) |
| Top 5% | $2.4M (exactly $2,383,808) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 88 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 85% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Skateboarding
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Action
- 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
- Skateboarding, Action; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, 3D Platformer, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 11,597 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 6 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Skateboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + 3D PlatformerPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + ParkourPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + Action-AdventureDead
Comparable games
Riders Republic 2023 · $37M 
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020 · $22M 
Session: Skate Sim 2022 · $16M 
High On Life 2 2026 · $2.6M 
ScooterFlow 2026 · $2.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Riders Republic | older | $39.99 | 30,458 81% | 914k | $37M (exactly $36,540,463) | Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Pune, Ubisoft Odesa) |
| | Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game | older | $39.99 | 18,400 86% | 552k | $22M (exactly $22,074,480) | Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd |
| | Session: Skate Sim | older | $39.99 | 13,460 83% | 404k | $16M (exactly $16,147,962) | crea-ture Studios Inc. |
| | High On Life 2 | $39.99 | 2,200 71% | 66k | $2.6M (exactly $2,639,340) | Squanch Games, Inc. | |
| | ScooterFlow | $19.99 | 3,975 95% | 119k | $2.4M (exactly $2,383,808) | UncannyKiwi Limited | |
 | Skate Story | $19.99 | 2,733 96% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,638,980) | by Sam Eng | |
 | STORROR Parkour Pro | · EA | $24.99 | 1,605 71% | 48k | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) | Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios |
 | Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends | older | $6.99 | 5,586 85% | 168k | $1.2M (exactly $1,171,384) | Superku |
 | Gori: Cuddly Carnage | older | $21.99 | 1,434 96% | 43k | $946k (exactly $946,010) | Angry Demon Studio |
 | OlliOlli World | older | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Roll7 |
 | Helskate | $24.99 | 301 65% | 9.0k | $226k (exactly $225,660) | Phantom Coast | |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Graffism VR - Graffiti Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 98 86% | 2.9k | $73k (exactly $73,471) | VRiteLabs |
 | Toree Saturn | $4.99 | 413 93% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,826) | Siactro | |
 | Virtual Skate | · EA | $19.99 | 96 98% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | Flip Axis Studios |
 | Seafrog | $14.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | OhMyMe Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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