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Should I ship an Automobile Sim Action RPG?
Action RPG + Automobile Sim
Only 4 developers shipped an Automobile Sim Action RPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 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.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 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 $1.1k against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $475 (exactly $475) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) |
| Top 5% | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $0.99 |
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.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $0.99 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 77% positive over 410 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Meddl Dash 2024 · $6.5k 
Combat Kart 2026 · $5.5k 
Bootlegger's Mafia Racing Story 2024 · $5.1k 
Zero-G-Racer : Drone FPV arcade game 2023 · $2.4k 
Bus Simulator: Car Driving 2023 · $1.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
| | Combat Kart | $12.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | 01Game | |
| | Bootlegger's Mafia Racing Story | older | $12.99 | 13 23% | 390 | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) | EchoVerse Core |
| | Zero-G-Racer : Drone FPV arcade game | older | $9.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Zero-G-Racer |
| | Bus Simulator: Car Driving | older | $0.99 | 62 54% | 1.9k | $1.8k (exactly $1,841) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar |
 | Police Car Simulator | older | $0.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $1.4k (exactly $1,426) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar |
 | Radiant Crusade | older | $7.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Radiance Games |
 | Qume: Echoes of Sand | $8.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Abyscon | |
 | Taxi Driver Simulator: Car Parking | older | $0.99 | 34 52% | 1.0k | $1.0k (exactly $1,010) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar |
 | Stevedore 2024 | older | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Edo Games |
 | Hon Cars | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Bolfosu Nalic | |
 | FARM RACING. | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Aloha PICTURES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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