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Should I ship an Adventure Motorbike game?
Motorbike + Adventure
Only 12 developers shipped an 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, My Garage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420. 23 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 140% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,398) |
| Top 5% | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Motorbike, Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 4,918 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Motorbike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + MotocrossLong shot
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + OffroadPoor odds
Comparable games
Days Gone 2021 · $99M 
Ghostrunner 2 2023 · $9.6M 
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered 2020 · $4.4M 
Laika: Aged Through Blood 2023 · $3.6M 
My Garage 2026 · $2.4M | 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 |
| | Burnout™ Paradise Remastered | older | $19.99 | 7,348 64% | 220k | $4.4M (exactly $4,406,596) | Stellar Entertainment, Criterion Games |
| | Laika: Aged Through Blood | older | $19.99 | 5,938 91% | 178k | $3.6M (exactly $3,561,019) | Brainwash Gang |
| | My Garage | $19.99 | 4,010 90% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) | Viking Game Studio | |
 | HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged | older | $39.99 | 953 77% | 29k | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,314) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | Full Throttle Remastered | older | $14.99 | 2,530 92% | 76k | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,741) | Double Fine Productions, Shiny Shoe |
 | MXGP - The Official Motocross Videogame | older | $9.99 | 1,289 82% | 39k | $386k (exactly $386,313) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | GIRLS MADE PUDDING | $9.99 | 866 95% | 26k | $260k (exactly $259,540) | Kazuhide Oka | |
 | Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code) | older | $14.99 | 500 88% | 15k | $225k (exactly $224,850) | Smart Tale Games |
 | 風雨来記5 | $59.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $14k (exactly $14,398) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | PicoMix by NuSan | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | NuSan, Potico Games | |
 | MX Racing World | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Nitx Games | |
 | Autos | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Leedo Studio | |
 | Tropical Hop | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | cls studios | |
 | John Fox | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | 9Ratones, SergioPoverony | |
 | Motorhome: Traveling North America 2 Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Avi Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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