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Should I ship an Auto Battler Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Auto Battler
Only 5 developers shipped an Auto Battler Combat Racing 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, Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,594) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 6 |
| 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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Combat Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle physics plus weapons and AI drivers
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 226 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 6 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + SandboxFair
- + PlatformerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + ParkourFair
- + RPGFair
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + Beat 'em upLong shot
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
Comparable games
Super Toy Cars Offroad 2022 · $18k 
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights 2025 · $13k 
Rude Racers: 2D Combat Racing 2020 · $3.3k 
Tank Zombie Smasher 2021 · $3.0k 
Car Racing Highway Driving Simulator, real parking driver sim speed traffic deluxe 2023 2023 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Super Toy Cars Offroad | older | $19.99 | 30 56% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Eclipse Games |
| | Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Gunpowder Games, Focuspoint Studios | |
| | Rude Racers: 2D Combat Racing | older | $1.99 | 56 78% | 1.7k | $3.3k (exactly $3,343) | Famous Dogg Studios |
| | Tank Zombie Smasher | older | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | SimpleSoft |
| | Car Racing Highway Driving Simulator, real parking driver sim speed traffic deluxe 2023 | older | $1.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | Midnight Games |
 | Excessive Speed | older | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Iridon |
 | Splash Cars | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Paper Bunker s.r.o. |
 | Auto Pet Racers | · EA | $4.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | UnscriptedLogic |
 | Arena Drift Master | older | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Biro Pivo |
 | RC Death Race: Multiplayer | older | $2.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Decebal Games Studio |
 | Anarchy Road | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Bunker Brothers LLC | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | Pick Me Up - Cabbie Edition | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ANGRY PICKLE GAME STUDIOS, JOY INDUSTRI… (ANGRY PICKLE GAME STUDIOS, JOY INDUSTRIES, LLC) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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