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Should I ship a Space Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Space
Only 8 developers shipped a Space 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, Exo Rally Championship, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 5% | $280k (exactly $280,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $6.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 11,520 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 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
Star Trucker 2024 · $3.7M 
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M 
Redout 2 2022 · $700k 
Homebrew - Patent Unknown 2014 · EA · $372k 
Exo Rally Championship 2026 · $280k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Star Trucker | older | $24.99 | 4,928 77% | 148k | $3.7M (exactly $3,694,522) | Monster and Monster |
| | Redout: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,438 84% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Redout 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,168 82% | 35k | $700k (exactly $700,450) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Homebrew - Patent Unknown | · EA older | $14.99 | 828 71% | 25k | $372k (exactly $372,352) | Copybugpaste |
| | Exo Rally Championship | $24.99 | 374 90% | 11k | $280k (exactly $280,388) | Exbleative | |
 | Vector 36 | older | $24.99 | 241 80% | 7.2k | $181k (exactly $180,678) | Red River Studio |
 | Deep Space Battle Simulator | older | $9.99 | 358 78% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | yeswecamp |
 | PowerWash Adventure VR | older | $6.99 | 90 74% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $18,873) | Grass Digital Technology |
 | Mars Rover Simulator | older | $19.99 | 24 25% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | DexterCoding |
 | Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme | older | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | Onteca Ltd |
 | Bridge Orders - Outrim: The Unseen Enemy | · EA | $9.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | POISOFT |
 | Off World Racing | · EA | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Off World Racing Company |
 | Car Football | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Vutune | |
 | Lawnmower game Ufo Chase 2 | $1.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Valkeala Software | |
 | Poland Car Simulator | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | FilaosX Games | |
 | Vagnerun | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Vagner da Rocha Santos | |
 | 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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