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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Precision Platformer
Only 18 developers shipped a Precision 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, Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. Revenue is down 75% on the market, with 8 games announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,296) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 down 75% on the market, supply 50% more 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
- Precision 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, Precision Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, 3D Platformer, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 242 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 12 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
Best Forklift Operator 2022 · $134k 
Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition 2026 · $27k 
Dangerous Mountain Together 2026 · $25k 
Forklift Extreme: Deluxe Edition 2023 · $18k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line 2023 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Best Forklift Operator | older | $19.99 | 224 75% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $134,333) | Simmersiv |
| | Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition | $64.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $27k (exactly $27,296) | SHINISE GAMES, MFC STUDIO | |
| | Dangerous Mountain Together | $4.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Çağatay Demir, Doğukan Şahin | |
| | Forklift Extreme: Deluxe Edition | older | $9.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Last Man Gaming |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line | older | $8.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,991) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
 | Tails Noir: Rebel Rush | older | $4.94 | 78 98% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,560) | Soup with Friends, Eggnut |
 | Train Deluxe 2026 Kurakyu | $29.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | Rolling Car | older | $4.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | SimpleSoft |
 | Unimime - Unicycle Madness | older | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Roflcopter Ink GmbH |
 | Race for Your Life | older | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | DduXan |
 | WINCH IT OUT | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ARASLANIX | |
 | 4番線 | Platform 4 | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | Evel Knievel | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Barnstorm Games | |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
 | 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 | |
 | Up To Divine | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | GHSPG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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