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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Psychological Horror
Only 7 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, My Summer Car, 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.8k, ×2.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $48M, ×32573 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) |
| Top 25% | $1.1M (exactly $1,077,841) |
| Top 5% | $49M (exactly $48,793,799) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 65% more 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 224,398 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different setting or mood, 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
My Summer Car 2025 · $49M 
City Car Driving 2016 · $25M 
The Long Drive 2019 · EA · $24M 
My Winter Car 2025 · EA · $8.4M 
Train Sim World® 3 2022 · $3.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Summer Car | $14.99 | 108,503 94% | 3.3M | $49M (exactly $48,793,799) | Amistech Games | |
| | City Car Driving | older | $24.99 | 33,612 82% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,198,916) | Forward Development, Ltd. |
| | The Long Drive | · EA older | $15.99 | 50,184 88% | 1.5M | $24M (exactly $24,073,265) | Genesz |
| | My Winter Car | · EA | $14.99 | 18,614 94% | 558k | $8.4M (exactly $8,370,716) | Amistech Games |
| | Train Sim World® 3 | older | $24.99 | 3,953 79% | 119k | $3.0M (exactly $2,963,564) | Dovetail Games |
 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity | older | $29.99 | 1,938 53% | 58k | $1.7M (exactly $1,743,619) | Kylotonn |
 | FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | older | $9.99 | 3,672 17% | 110k | $1.1M (exactly $1,100,498) | Team 6 Studios |
 | City Car Driving 2.0 | · EA | $29.99 | 1,198 60% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,077,841) | Forward Development, Ltd. |
 | Snakeybus | older | $9.99 | 2,379 93% | 71k | $713k (exactly $712,986) | Stovetop, LLC |
 | SubwaySim Hamburg | older | $34.99 | 345 71% | 10k | $362k (exactly $362,146) | Simuverse Interactive |
 | Sonar Scout | $5.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose, Neil Do… (Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose, Neil Doppelmayr, Christoph Englert, Pontus Liljekvist, Hugo Roque) | |
 | The Vanishing Train | ワンマン列車 | $2.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | RAYBIS GAMES | |
 | Fatimopolis | $2.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | David Pateti | |
 | 4番線 | Platform 4 | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | A Bad Space Game | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | tobi02b |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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