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Should I ship a Flight Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Flight
Only 15 developers shipped a Flight 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, FPV Labs - Drone Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×1.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $62k, ×42 the market median. Revenue is up 2135% on the market; 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $62,369) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 34 |
| 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 2135% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Flight
- 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, Flight; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Exploration, Open World
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 452 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Crew™ 2 2018 · $78M 
Brick Rigs 2023 · $32M 
SimplePlanes 2015 · $3.8M 
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Crew™ 2 | older | $29.99 | 86,533 78% | 2.6M | $78M (exactly $77,853,740) | Ivory Tower |
| | Brick Rigs | older | $19.99 | 53,749 95% | 1.6M | $32M (exactly $32,233,275) | Fluppisoft GmbH |
| | SimplePlanes | older | $12.99 | 9,811 93% | 294k | $3.8M (exactly $3,823,347) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Redout: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,438 84% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
 | I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 | older | $59.99 | 566 79% | 17k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) | TechnoBrain |
 | Redout 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,168 82% | 35k | $700k (exactly $700,450) | 34BigThings srl |
 | Pacer | older | $39.99 | 576 72% | 17k | $691k (exactly $691,027) | R8 Games Ltd |
 | Global ATC Simulator | older | $29.99 | 133 62% | 4.0k | $120k (exactly $119,660) | Robert Miroszewski |
 | FPV Labs - Drone Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 104 67% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $62,369) | FPVLabs |
 | Legendary Pilots | $8.99 | 223 66% | 6.7k | $60k (exactly $60,143) | BerkBox | |
 | Drone Simulator VR | $13.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | 0Space | |
 | Highway Drifter: Hajwala Simulator | $9.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Mad Hook | |
 | Pocket and Zooom | $15.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | TechnoBrain | |
 | AURORA FLIGHT (オーロラ・フライト) | $10.99 | 17 41% | 510 | $5.6k (exactly $5,605) | すたじおわかる | |
 | Head Tracker | $4.99 | 25 40% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Yusuf Kurt | |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Velocity One | $4.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Red Mountain Game Design | |
 | Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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