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Should I ship an Automation Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Automation
Only 13 developers shipped an Automation Automobile Sim 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, RoadCraft, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $35k, ×24 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $16M, ×10833 the market median. Revenue is up 7710% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
|---|---|
| Median | $35k (exactly $35,463) |
| Top 25% | $432k (exactly $431,892) |
| Top 5% | $16M (exactly $16,228,342) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 7710% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
- Automation
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Automation; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Driving, Sandbox
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 17,712 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
RoadCraft 2025 · $16M 
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015 · EA · $15M 
SimplePlanes 2015 · $3.8M 
KartKraft™ 2018 · $2.2M 
Docked 2026 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RoadCraft | $39.99 | 13,527 74% | 406k | $16M (exactly $16,228,342) | Saber Interactive | |
| | Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game | · EA older | $29.99 | 16,815 93% | 504k | $15M (exactly $15,128,456) | Camshaft Software Ltd |
| | SimplePlanes | older | $12.99 | 9,811 93% | 294k | $3.8M (exactly $3,823,347) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | KartKraft™ | older | $24.99 | 2,987 73% | 90k | $2.2M (exactly $2,239,354) | Motorsport Games |
| | Docked | $29.99 | 1,210 72% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,088,637) | Saber Interactive | |
 | Car Manufacture | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,395 66% | 42k | $837k (exactly $836,581) | STEREO GAMES S.A. |
 | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
 | Subway Builder | $39.99 | 394 59% | 12k | $473k (exactly $472,682) | Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher,… (Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher, Nate Maue, Alex Wohlbruck, Piero Maddaleni, Brooks Flannery) | |
 | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
 | Factory Outlet Simulator | $10.99 | 537 74% | 16k | $177k (exactly $177,049) | PISHO | |
 | Parking Garage Simulator | · EA | $11.99 | 203 38% | 6.1k | $73k (exactly $73,019) | Root Games |
 | Toll Booth Simulator | $12.99 | 91 71% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,463) | SifDev | |
 | Fisherman Simulator | $6.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | RFT | |
 | Loop Miner | $3.49 | 46 63% | 1.4k | $4.8k (exactly $4,816) | AITHENA, Enter the Game Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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