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Should I ship an Incremental Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Incremental
Only 7 developers shipped an Incremental 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.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $10k, ×7.3 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,816) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Incremental
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $6.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 236 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
My Witch Wants Elixirs! 2025 · $11k 
BeachRun 2022 · $8.2k 
Loop Miner 2026 · $4.8k 
Tank Zombie Smasher 2021 · $3.0k 
Parking Slide 2021 · $1.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Witch Wants Elixirs! | $6.99 | 52 69% | 1.6k | $11k (exactly $10,904) | TeamDDD | |
| | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
| | Loop Miner | $3.49 | 46 63% | 1.4k | $4.8k (exactly $4,816) | AITHENA, Enter the Game Studios | |
| | Tank Zombie Smasher | older | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | SimpleSoft |
| | Parking Slide | older | $0.99 | 62 74% | 1.9k | $1.8k (exactly $1,841) | Guara Digital |
 | Carperation | older | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Vastudio |
 | Visiting a celebrity | older | $0.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $742 (exactly $742) | fusion |
 | Duty Free Shop Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | CLOWN MAGIC |
 | Cruise Control Mode On! | older | $1.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Balti Calarasi |
 | The Truck Game | older | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Jim Gray, Mike Badillo |
 | Slot Car Simulator | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Shoka Games | |
 | Traffic Jam Simulator | $0.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | First Sin | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OHO Games |
 | God Save Wrist | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PBH production |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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