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Should I ship a Combat Racing Action RPG?
Action RPG + Combat Racing
Only 13 developers shipped a Combat Racing Action RPG 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, Duneborn, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is up 5940% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,590) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 5940% on the market, supply 15% fewer 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.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Combat Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle physics plus weapons and AI drivers
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Combat Racing
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 257 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
SAND LAND 2024 · $1.8M 
Duck Life 9: The Flock 2024 · $57k 
Duneborn 2026 · $13k 
Code Velocity 2026 · $8.9k 
Meddl Dash 2024 · $6.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SAND LAND | older | $59.99 | 1,018 86% | 31k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,095) | ILCA, Inc. |
| | Duck Life 9: The Flock | older | $9.99 | 190 83% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wix Games |
| | Duneborn | $11.99 | 35 51% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,590) | A.P Games | |
| | Code Velocity | $2.99 | 99 100% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | STIM GAMES | |
| | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
 | Tides of The Endless | · EA | $7.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Shimmer High Sea |
 | Combat Kart | $12.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | 01Game | |
 | Awaken | older | $9.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Beijing Xianfan Culture Co., Ltd. |
 | Rose Action | older | $4.99 | 25 32% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Ma Ge Game |
 | Zero-G-Racer : Drone FPV arcade game | older | $9.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Zero-G-Racer |
 | MEMOLOGY: Absurd racing | $0.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $1.8k (exactly $1,752) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Carnage Kart X | · EA | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Two Brain Games |
 | The Fallen Kingdom | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Lucas Baldi Aragão | |
 | Escape From kiss | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | CE JIN_策今, MI YU Studio_谜予网络游戏工作室 | |
 | Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator | · EA | $1.19 | 5 80% | 150 | $178 (exactly $178) | Bazura Games |
 | Song Of Aria | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Cyan Candle |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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