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Should I ship a Management Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Management
Of 75 developers who shipped a Management Automobile Sim in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 145 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $12k, ×7.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×1437 the market median. Revenue is up 205% on the market; 145 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $11,692) |
| Top 25% | $90k (exactly $89,955) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,152,323) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 75 |
| Released games | 199 |
| Announced | 145 |
| 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 205% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Management
- 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, Management; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Driving, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 35,154 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 6 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 145 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012 · $454M 
American Truck Simulator 2016 · $99M 
Farming Simulator 19 2018 · $35M 
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017 · $29M 
Forza Motorsport 2023 · $26M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Euro Truck Simulator 2 | older | $19.99 | 756,984 97% | 23M | $454M (exactly $453,963,305) | SCS Software |
| | American Truck Simulator | older | $19.99 | 165,692 97% | 5.0M | $99M (exactly $99,365,492) | SCS Software |
| | Farming Simulator 19 | older | $17.99 | 64,621 94% | 1.9M | $35M (exactly $34,875,954) | GIANTS Software |
| | Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 | older | $19.99 | 48,366 91% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,005,090) | Red Dot Games |
| | Forza Motorsport | older | $69.99 | 12,148 51% | 364k | $26M (exactly $25,507,156) | Turn 10 |
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 | Farming Simulator 17 | older | $14.99 | 23,063 93% | 692k | $10M (exactly $10,371,431) | GIANTS Software |
 | The Bus | $39.99 | 7,831 73% | 235k | $9.4M (exactly $9,394,851) | TML-Studios | |
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 | Railroads Online | $29.99 | 5,410 75% | 162k | $4.9M (exactly $4,867,377) | Stefan Kelnberger | |
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 | Cheap Car Repair | $19.69 | 3,603 91% | 108k | $2.1M (exactly $2,128,292) | Little Dog Games | |
 | Docked | $29.99 | 1,210 72% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,088,637) | Saber Interactive | |
 | iRacing Arcade | $24.99 | 1,199 72% | 36k | $899k (exactly $898,890) | Original Fire Games, iRacing | |
 | Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator | $29.99 | 993 50% | 30k | $893k (exactly $893,402) | Aesir Interactive | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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