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Should I ship an Asynchronous Multiplayer Flight game?
Flight + Asynchronous Multiplayer
Only 11 developers shipped an Asynchronous Multiplayer Flight 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, The Mosquito Gang, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,314) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 20% 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.
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 65% positive over 206 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Galaxy Trucker: Extended Edition 2019 · $64k 
Omega Pilot 2022 · $45k 
Z-Race 2021 · $34k 
The Mosquito Gang 2025 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator | · EA older | $16.99 | 3,155 85% | 95k | $1.6M (exactly $1,608,103) | UNDEAD BATTERY |
| | Galaxy Trucker: Extended Edition | older | $9.99 | 213 89% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,836) | CGE Digital |
| | Omega Pilot | older | $14.99 | 100 73% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | XOCUS |
| | Z-Race | older | $14.99 | 75 76% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | XOCUS |
| | The Mosquito Gang | $5.99 | 152 70% | 4.6k | $27k (exactly $27,314) | Space Raccoon Game Studio | |
 | Airline Ops | · EA | $14.99 | 37 29% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Smoky Bay Studio |
 | DVR Simulator | older | $14.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Demonixis Games |
 | Space Tournament | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Trash Titans | |
 | Drawn to Drift | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | FrogForgeGames | |
 | California Games II | older | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Epyx, Inc. |
 | Skyfire Legends | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Benjo Games | |
 | AirShooShoo | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | OldMan Inc. | |
 | Gravity Force | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Coffeeshock Studios | |
 | Drone Dash | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Maple Leaf Makers | |
 | Sunset Racer | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KAMGAM | |
 | Star Tracer | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Covenant Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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