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Should I ship an Action Snowboarding game?
Snowboarding + Action
Only 11 developers shipped an Action Snowboarding 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, Descenders Next, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×557 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $44,255) |
| Top 5% | $350k (exactly $349,983) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Snowboarding
- 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
- Snowboarding, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 654 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Snowboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
Comparable games
Riders Republic 2023 · $37M 
Steep™ 2016 · $28M 
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020 · $22M 
Shredders 2022 · $3.4M 
Descenders Next 2025 · EA · $350k | 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) |
| | Steep™ | older | $29.99 | 30,589 82% | 918k | $28M (exactly $27,520,923) | Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ub… (Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev) |
| | Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game | older | $39.99 | 18,400 86% | 552k | $22M (exactly $22,074,480) | Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd |
| | Shredders | older | $29.99 | 3,818 94% | 115k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,055) | FoamPunch |
| | Descenders Next | · EA | $29.99 | 389 79% | 12k | $350k (exactly $349,983) | RageSquid |
 | The Ramp | older | $5.99 | 1,104 95% | 33k | $198k (exactly $198,389) | Paul Schnepf |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | The Snowboard Game | older | $14.99 | 309 82% | 9.3k | $139k (exactly $138,957) | Let it roll AB |
 | The Fancy Pants Adventures: Classic Pack | · EA older | $9.99 | 414 84% | 12k | $124k (exactly $124,076) | Borne Games |
 | The Alto Collection | older | $9.99 | 263 94% | 7.9k | $79k (exactly $78,821) | Land & Sea |
 | Slopecrashers | $17.99 | 82 93% | 2.5k | $44k (exactly $44,255) | byteparrot | |
 | Snowlike | $7.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | captinbeefy | |
 | P-PAN | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | palpuni | |
 | SantaCorps 4 | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Virtuoso Neomedia | |
 | Hydrofoil Surfing | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nightwork Studios | |
 | Space Punk | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | ShyneB0X Studios |
 | Gob Johnson's Downhill Marmalade | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | tophatsquid games | |
 | Yeti Ski | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | RetroBug |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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