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Should I ship an Action Roguelike Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Action Roguelike
Only 4 developers shipped an Action Roguelike Automobile Sim in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 7 did: 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.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $750 against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 5% | $159k (exactly $158,608) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,477 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) 2019 · $187k 
Ashes of the Union 2024 · $159k 
Bloody Rally Show 2020 · $149k 
PAKO 2 2017 · $72k 
WARPZONE DRIFTER 2018 · $3.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) | older | $24.99 | 250 70% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Auroch Digital |
| | Ashes of the Union | older | $12.99 | 407 63% | 12k | $159k (exactly $158,608) | 700 Games Studio |
| | Bloody Rally Show | older | $19.99 | 248 89% | 7.4k | $149k (exactly $148,726) | Kodo Linija |
| | PAKO 2 | older | $5.99 | 398 94% | 12k | $72k (exactly $71,521) | Tree Men Games |
| | WARPZONE DRIFTER | older | $0.99 | 117 80% | 3.5k | $3.5k (exactly $3,475) | Walter Machado |
 | Wreckage | · EA | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Jupiter Lighthouse Games |
 | Splash Cars | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Paper Bunker s.r.o. |
 | zomboDRIVE: Apocalyptic Road Trip | · EA older | $9.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | zomboDRIVERS Team |
 | Racing Outlaws | older | $0.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $891 (exactly $891) | Enaayah Software Development and Servic… (Enaayah Software Development and Services Private Limited) |
 | IRON SIGHT | · EA | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Blackmonkgaming |
 | Caddywack | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tanssem Studio | |
 | Ultra's Drive | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ultraedge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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