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Should I ship a Split Screen Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Split Screen
Of 25 developers who shipped a Split Screen Automobile Sim in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.5k, ×3.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $1.4k. Revenue is up 595% on the market; 14 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.4 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 25% | $97k (exactly $96,503) |
| Top 5% | $3.7M (exactly $3,716,959) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 88 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 595% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Split Screen
- 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, Split Screen; all of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Driving, Racing
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 38,585 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
F1® 25 2025 · $38M 
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019 · $23M 
Need for Speed™ 2020 · $23M 
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 2020 · $15M 
RIDE 4 2020 · $12M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | F1® 25 | $49.99 | 25,395 87% | 762k | $38M (exactly $38,084,882) | Codemasters | |
| | DiRT Rally 2.0 | older | $19.99 | 39,091 89% | 1.2M | $23M (exactly $23,442,873) | Codemasters |
| | Need for Speed™ | older | $29.99 | 25,443 69% | 763k | $23M (exactly $22,891,067) | Ghost Games |
| | Need for Speed™ Most Wanted | older | $19.99 | 25,197 77% | 756k | $15M (exactly $15,110,641) | Criterion Games |
| | RIDE 4 | older | $39.99 | 9,921 83% | 298k | $12M (exactly $11,902,224) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $19.99 | 12,146 82% | 364k | $7.3M (exactly $7,283,956) | KT Racing |
 | Burnout™ Paradise Remastered | older | $19.99 | 7,348 64% | 220k | $4.4M (exactly $4,406,596) | Stellar Entertainment, Criterion Games |
 | Easy Delivery Co. | $12.99 | 9,538 95% | 286k | $3.7M (exactly $3,716,959) | Sam C | |
 | GRIP: Combat Racing | older | $29.99 | 3,669 86% | 110k | $3.3M (exactly $3,300,999) | Caged Element |
 | iRacing | older | $11.59 | 5,941 83% | 178k | $2.1M (exactly $2,065,686) | iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, iRa… (iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, iRacing) |
 | Old School Rally | $12.99 | 2,142 89% | 64k | $835k (exactly $834,737) | Frozen Lake Games | |
 | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
 | World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Gold Edition | $39.99 | 243 89% | 7.3k | $292k (exactly $291,527) | Monster Games, Amber | |
 | ReCharge RC: High Voltage | · EA | $13.99 | 393 95% | 12k | $165k (exactly $164,942) | Hondune Games |
 | BeaterCore | $9.99 | 322 82% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | Artem Arbatsky | |
 | Barro F25 | $4.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | SC Jogos | |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Pretend Cars Racing 2 | $7.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $9.8k (exactly $9,828) | Patricio Marin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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