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Should I ship a Vehicular Combat Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Vehicular Combat
Of 38 developers who shipped a Vehicular Combat Arena Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 96 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $570k, ×922 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 96 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,388) |
| Top 5% | $579k (exactly $578,768) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 131 |
| Announced | 96 |
| 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 down 40% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Vehicular Combat; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, PvP, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 3,042 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. Nearly all of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 96 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalFair
- + DemonsFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Gas Guzzlers Extreme 2013 · $2.3M 
Vox Machinae 2022 · $1.1M 
TerraTech Legion 2026 · $632k 
IRON REBELLION 2024 · $579k 
BlazeRush 2014 · $309k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gas Guzzlers Extreme | older | $24.99 | 3,081 86% | 92k | $2.3M (exactly $2,309,826) | Gamepires |
| | Vox Machinae | older | $29.99 | 1,177 87% | 35k | $1.1M (exactly $1,058,947) | Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation |
| | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
| | IRON REBELLION | $24.99 | 772 84% | 23k | $579k (exactly $578,768) | Black Beach Studio | |
| | BlazeRush | older | $9.99 | 1,031 88% | 31k | $309k (exactly $308,991) | Targem Games |
 | Apewar | · EA older | $0.99 | 6,890 92% | 207k | $205k (exactly $204,633) | Radatomic Studios |
 | Titan Attacks! | older | $9.99 | 654 92% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | Puppygames |
 | Dash Dash World | older | $24.99 | 147 74% | 4.4k | $110k (exactly $110,206) | MOTIONX STUDIO |
 | Motordoom | older | $13.99 | 174 94% | 5.2k | $73k (exactly $73,028) | Hobo Cat Games |
 | Diesel Guns | · EA older | $7.99 | 282 68% | 8.5k | $68k (exactly $67,595) | LLC Intenzibne |
 | Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Gunpowder Games, Focuspoint Studios | |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | War of Wheels | · EA | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dreambits Studio |
 | Me, You and Kaiju | · EA | $14.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Sleepy Coast Games |
 | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
 | TONK | · EA | $3.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | YourAverageOtter |
 | Mechanized Corps: Rebirth | · EA | $9.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | X10 Games Studios, Inc. |
 | Missiles Away | $1.99 | 40 100% | 1.2k | $2.4k (exactly $2,388) | Kızılejderha |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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