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Should I ship a Female-Led Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Female Protagonist
Only 9 developers shipped a Female-Led 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, My Witch Wants Elixirs!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 200% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
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
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 31,478 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022 · $23M 
Construction Simulator 2022 · $8.0M 
Titan Chaser 2021 · $150k 
Roundabout 2014 · $131k 
Tristia:legacy 2023 · $124k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Police Simulator: Patrol Officers | older | $39.99 | 18,880 75% | 566k | $23M (exactly $22,650,336) | Aesir Interactive |
| | Construction Simulator | older | $24.99 | 10,606 82% | 318k | $8.0M (exactly $7,951,318) | weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH |
| | Titan Chaser | older | $4.99 | 1,000 82% | 30k | $150k (exactly $149,700) | Stas Shostak |
| | Roundabout | older | $9.99 | 438 93% | 13k | $131k (exactly $131,269) | No Goblin |
| | Tristia:legacy | older | $59.99 | 69 89% | 2.1k | $124k (exactly $124,179) | KOGADO STUDIO |
 | Truck Driver | older | $19.99 | 159 70% | 4.8k | $95k (exactly $95,352) | SOEDESCO |
 | Tokyo Warfare Turbo | older | $14.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Pablo Vidaurre Sanz |
 | New York Bus Simulator | older | $9.99 | 99 49% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,670) | TML-Studios |
 | Drift Stage | · EA older | $9.99 | 39 66% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Super Systems Softworks |
 | My Witch Wants Elixirs! | $6.99 | 52 69% | 1.6k | $11k (exactly $10,904) | TeamDDD | |
 | Ana's Auto Fellatio | $9.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Gloomy Washer | |
 | Venus in Furs: Sensual Pleasure | $29.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | the NineLust Studios | |
 | Hover REV Hispeed Burst | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | JKK_WORKS | |
 | Stunt Granny | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | teledev | |
 | 中国式富豪 | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | 大米粥工作室 | |
 | Adrenalinkick | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Draconum | |
 | L.A.W Transporter | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Butter Fly Games |
 | Day Train | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hinato Yumoto |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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