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Should I ship an Arcade Cycling game?
Cycling + Arcade
Only 13 developers shipped an Arcade Cycling 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, Streetdog BMX, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×234 the market median. Revenue is up 150% on the market; 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 5% | $147k (exactly $146,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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: revenue up 150% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Cycling, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 298 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cycling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + BMXFair
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + DrivingDead
Comparable games
Lonely Mountains: Downhill 2019 · $1.6M 
Pro Cycling Manager 2024 2024 · $408k 
Streetdog BMX 2026 · $147k 
STREET UNi X 2024 · $47k 
Draw Rider 2016 · $39k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lonely Mountains: Downhill | older | $19.99 | 2,741 89% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,643,778) | Megagon Industries |
| | Pro Cycling Manager 2024 | older | $39.99 | 340 81% | 10k | $408k (exactly $407,898) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Streetdog BMX | $24.99 | 196 94% | 5.9k | $147k (exactly $146,941) | Yeah Us! Games | |
| | STREET UNi X | older | $19.99 | 78 96% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | daffodil & friends |
| | Draw Rider | older | $9.99 | 130 70% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,961) | 17Studio |
 | All-In-One Summer Sports VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 45 84% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Appnori Inc. |
 | Shred! Remastered | older | $4.99 | 100 59% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,970) | ASBO Interactive |
 | Magnytour | older | $14.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
 | Watch Your Ride - Bicycle Game | older | $7.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Tiny Magicians |
 | Bananitro | $3.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $5.6k (exactly $5,626) | Inventario | |
 | Cycling Champion | · EA | $8.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | RaulM |
 | Accolade Sports Collection (QUByte Classics) | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | QUByte Interactive | |
 | pedalverse | $4.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | FuristicStudio | |
 | Ride It! | $2.80 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.0k (exactly $1,008) | dpm, Revi, GatoHolguera | |
 | Mini Games Retro 90s | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Ewerton José Wantroba | |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Smoots Summer Games II | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Kaneda Games | |
 | Chained Bikes | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Enceladus Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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