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Should I ship a Level Editor Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Level Editor
Only 17 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, The Bus, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $10k, ×6.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $9.3M, ×6272 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
|---|---|
| Median | $10k (exactly $10,132) |
| Top 25% | $165k (exactly $164,942) |
| Top 5% | $9.4M (exactly $9,394,851) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 down 60% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Level Editor; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Driving, Simulation, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 9,577 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.9k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 11 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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- + LogicFair
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- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
American Truck Simulator 2016 · $99M 
The Bus 2026 · $9.4M 
Clustertruck 2016 · $6.6M 
TrackMania² Stadium 2013 · $1.6M 
TrackMania² Canyon 2013 · $830k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | American Truck Simulator | older | $19.99 | 165,692 97% | 5.0M | $99M (exactly $99,365,492) | SCS Software |
| | The Bus | $39.99 | 7,831 73% | 235k | $9.4M (exactly $9,394,851) | TML-Studios | |
| | Clustertruck | older | $14.99 | 14,706 93% | 441k | $6.6M (exactly $6,613,288) | Landfall |
| | TrackMania² Stadium | older | $9.99 | 5,340 88% | 160k | $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Canyon | older | $19.99 | 1,384 80% | 42k | $830k (exactly $829,985) | Nadeo |
 | Crashday Redline Edition | older | $11.99 | 1,528 89% | 46k | $550k (exactly $549,622) | Moonbyte |
 | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
 | Train Sim World® 7 | $49.99 | 278 74% | 8.3k | $417k (exactly $416,917) | Dovetail Games | |
 | Torque Drift 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 376 62% | 11k | $225k (exactly $225,487) | Grease Monkey Games |
 | RaceLeague | · EA older | $24.99 | 273 71% | 8.2k | $205k (exactly $204,668) | Oversteer Studios |
 | ReCharge RC: High Voltage | · EA | $13.99 | 393 95% | 12k | $165k (exactly $164,942) | Hondune Games |
 | AI Learns To Drive | $7.49 | 208 95% | 6.2k | $47k (exactly $46,738) | ActivationFunction | |
 | A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition | $39.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $43k (exactly $43,189) | ARTDINK | |
 | Delta Manager | · EA | $12.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Fassi Blue |
 | Parking Lot Simulator: Car Collector | · EA | $12.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $10k (exactly $10,132) | Byterop |
 | Pretend Cars Racing 2 | $7.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $9.8k (exactly $9,828) | Patricio Marin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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