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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Multiple Endings
Only 14 developers shipped a Multiple Endings 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, Keep Driving, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $3.3M, ×2229 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 12 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,025) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) |
| Top 5% | $3.3M (exactly $3,339,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 up 105% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Multiple Endings; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Exploration, Resource Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 6,482 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 12 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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- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Contraband Police 2023 · $22M 
Keep Driving 2025 · $3.3M 
Border Officer 2019 · $388k 
Ashes of the Union 2024 · $159k 
SIMULACRA 3 2022 · $98k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Contraband Police | older | $29.99 | 24,882 95% | 746k | $22M (exactly $22,386,335) | Crazy Rocks |
| | Keep Driving | $17.99 | 6,188 93% | 186k | $3.3M (exactly $3,339,664) | YCJY Games | |
| | Border Officer | older | $9.99 | 1,294 57% | 39k | $388k (exactly $387,812) | Cheesecake Dev |
| | Ashes of the Union | older | $12.99 | 407 63% | 12k | $159k (exactly $158,608) | 700 Games Studio |
| | SIMULACRA 3 | older | $9.99 | 328 56% | 9.8k | $98k (exactly $98,302) | Kaigan Games |
 | Snow Ash | $14.99 | 179 73% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Ember Studio | |
 | Jeepney Simulator | older | $5.99 | 125 90% | 3.8k | $22k (exactly $22,462) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Life in red line | · EA | $17.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | Pecha games |
 | Nightvision: Drive Forever | older | $17.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $10k (exactly $10,254) | Hoodust Enterprises |
 | Drift Reign | older | $5.99 | 47 55% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | PublishMe Agency Limited |
 | The Vanishing Train | ワンマン列車 | $2.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | RAYBIS GAMES | |
 | Mystery Digger: Definitive Edition | $2.99 | 22 59% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | Gepnito Games | |
 | Real Car Parking Simulator | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | FortStar | |
 | Checkpoint Inc | $4.27 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.0k (exactly $1,025) | Punchers | |
 | 8th Avenue | $4.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | No Mad Studio | |
 | 中国式富豪 | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | 大米粥工作室 | |
 | Ultimate Car Company Tycoon | · EA | $6.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Tengrava Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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