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Should I ship a Platformer Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Platformer
Only 16 developers shipped a Platformer 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, Dangerous Mountain Together, 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: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $24k, ×16 the market median. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $24,551) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 42 |
| 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 100% on the market, supply 30% fewer 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
- Platformer
- 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, Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Driving, 3D Platformer, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Cartoony, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 299 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Clustertruck 2016 · $6.6M 
Dangerous Mountain Together 2026 · $25k 
DriveCrazy 2025 · $24k 
Stunt Paradise 2024 · $21k 
Tails Noir: Rebel Rush 2024 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Clustertruck | older | $14.99 | 14,706 93% | 441k | $6.6M (exactly $6,613,288) | Landfall |
| | Dangerous Mountain Together | $4.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Çağatay Demir, Doğukan Şahin | |
| | DriveCrazy | $10.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,068) | TubezGames | |
| | Stunt Paradise | older | $7.99 | 89 96% | 2.7k | $21k (exactly $21,333) | Brinemedia |
| | Tails Noir: Rebel Rush | older | $4.94 | 78 98% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,560) | Soup with Friends, Eggnut |
 | Drive Up | older | $4.99 | 39 51% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Astrasoft |
 | BH Trials | older | $8.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Pico Sacro Games |
 | Extreme Truck Stunts | older | $4.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | · |
 | Resoraki: The racing | older | $0.99 | 123 68% | 3.7k | $3.7k (exactly $3,653) | Airem |
 | Ambulance Emergency Simulation | older | $7.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Soner Çakır |
 | Extreme Forklifting 3 | · EA | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DevM Games |
 | WINCH IT OUT | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ARASLANIX | |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
 | Train Plus | トレインプラス | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | Car Parkour 2 Together | $0.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | cnsgames | |
 | Wide Load | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Dev Bros, Ty Conner | |
 | Rival Roads Car Racing | $1.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | HEASD | |
 | 17 MPH | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | BPGS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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