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Should I ship a Motocross Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Motocross
Only 9 developers shipped a Motocross 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, VMX, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.5k. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $103k (exactly $102,981) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Motocross
- effort 7 / 10 · low · bike physics plus track content
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Motocross
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 40,087 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
MX Bikes 2019 · EA · $37M 
TrackDayR 2021 · EA · $1.7M 
Dakar Desert Rally 2022 · $1.3M 
VMX 2026 · EA · $103k 
Minit Fun Racer 2021 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MX Bikes | · EA older | $34.99 | 35,684 94% | 1.1M | $37M (exactly $37,457,495) | PiBoSo |
| | TrackDayR | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,213 86% | 66k | $1.7M (exactly $1,659,086) | MadCow S.r.l. |
| | Dakar Desert Rally | older | $29.99 | 1,475 56% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,327,058) | Saber Porto Ltd. |
| | VMX | · EA | $14.99 | 229 89% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $102,981) | Break Free Interactive |
| | Minit Fun Racer | older | $2.99 | 253 97% | 7.6k | $23k (exactly $22,694) | JW, Kitty, Jukio, Dom |
 | Wheelie City | $16.99 | 36 72% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,349) | Devora Studios | |
 | Shred! Remastered | older | $4.99 | 100 59% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,970) | ASBO Interactive |
 | Eggcelerate! to the Tropics | older | $11.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $13,309) | Tim Beaudet, Tyre Bytes LLC |
 | Mini Car Racing - Tiny Split Screen Tournament | older | $9.99 | 38 76% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Downhill Pro Racer | · EA older | $12.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | Germán de la Fuente |
 | WINCH IT OUT | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ARASLANIX | |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Car Crash Chaos | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Berk Kalfa | |
 | In A Wheel | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ElyDev | |
 | Motorcross Simulator | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | rider | |
 | Christmas Drift - Delivery Simulator | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GLOBAL VISION SOLUTIONS SRL | |
 | The Ultimate USA Road Trip 2026 | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OH Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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