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Should I ship an Action-Adventure Motorbike game?
Motorbike + Action-Adventure
Only 9 developers shipped an Action-Adventure Motorbike 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.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $480 (exactly $480) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Motorbike
- effort 7 / 10 · low · two-wheel physics and rider animation
- 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
- Motorbike, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 95,968 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Motorbike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MotocrossLong shot
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + OffroadPoor odds
Comparable games
Days Gone 2021 · $99M 
Ghostrunner 2 2023 · $9.6M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster 2021 · $411k 
River City Girls Zero 2022 · $85k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster | older | $29.99 | 457 83% | 14k | $411k (exactly $411,163) | crim Co., Ltd. |
| | River City Girls Zero | older | $14.99 | 190 67% | 5.7k | $85k (exactly $85,443) | WayForward |
 | Just Ride：Apparent Horizon 狂飙：极限视界 | older | $19.99 | 137 68% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $82,159) | Horus Games |
 | QUIT TODAY | older | $11.99 | 93 90% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,452) | YOHCAN Co., Ltd. |
 | Moto Rush Reborn | $12.99 | 43 97% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $16,757) | Baltoro Games | |
 | MotoX | older | $7.99 | 34 17% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | Enver Studio |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | MX Bodycam Bikes Racing | · EA | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | GLOBAL SCRIPTUM |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | Sakura Drift | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Miki Games | |
 | Tropical Hop | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | cls studios | |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Petro Hunter | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Origin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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