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Should I ship an Action-Adventure Bike game?
Bikes + Action-Adventure
Only 11 developers shipped an Action-Adventure Bike 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, Sledders, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×1.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 25% | $441k (exactly $440,779) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 70% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bikes
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Bikes, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 6,161 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bikes with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + MotocrossLong shot
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + CyclingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
MAVRIX by Matt Jones 2026 · $1.2M 
Wheel World 2025 · $441k 
Knights And Bikes 2019 · $288k 
Turbo Kid 2024 · $241k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | MAVRIX by Matt Jones | $39.99 | 969 80% | 29k | $1.2M (exactly $1,162,509) | Third Kind Games | |
| | Wheel World | $19.99 | 735 90% | 22k | $441k (exactly $440,779) | Messhof | |
| | Knights And Bikes | older | $19.99 | 481 86% | 14k | $288k (exactly $288,456) | Foam Sword |
| | Turbo Kid | older | $19.99 | 402 92% | 12k | $241k (exactly $241,079) | Outerminds Inc. |
 | Minit Fun Racer | older | $2.99 | 253 97% | 7.6k | $23k (exactly $22,694) | JW, Kitty, Jukio, Dom |
 | Icycle: On Thin Ice | older | $6.99 | 107 96% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Damp Gnat |
 | Moto Rush Reborn | $12.99 | 43 97% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $16,757) | Baltoro Games | |
 | Homeland | older | $5.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $7.2k (exactly $7,188) | HeadHunters games |
 | Synthwave Racers | older | $5.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Corrtex Games |
 | Moxter | $9.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Aisten Lab, Dalton Bastos | |
 | MX Bodycam Bikes Racing | · EA | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | GLOBAL SCRIPTUM |
 | Vicious Cycle | $7.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Brave Traveller Games | |
 | Bearly Delivered | $5.00 | 4 100% | 120 | $600 (exactly $600) | Big Seat Studios | |
 | Sakura Drift | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Miki Games | |
 | Bicycle Mechanic Simulator BMS | $2.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | GameDeveloper20 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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