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Should I ship a Tactical Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Tactical
Only 18 developers shipped a Tactical 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, Responding, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $300k, ×205 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 22 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $22,603) |
| Top 5% | $307k (exactly $306,627) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 160% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Tactical
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Tactical; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Driving, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 1,483 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 13 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
F1® Manager 2024 2024 · $5.8M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
EMERGENCY 20 2017 · $1.9M 
Responding 2026 · EA · $307k 
Golden Lap 2024 · $281k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | F1® Manager 2024 | older | $34.99 | 5,554 83% | 167k | $5.8M (exactly $5,830,034) | Frontier Developments |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | EMERGENCY 20 | older | $29.99 | 2,078 84% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,577) | Sixteen Tons Entertainment |
| | Responding | · EA | $24.99 | 409 45% | 12k | $307k (exactly $306,627) | Visionary Studios |
| | Golden Lap | $14.99 | 624 86% | 19k | $281k (exactly $280,613) | Funselektor Labs Inc., Strelka Games | |
 | GT Manager | $24.99 | 236 71% | 7.1k | $177k (exactly $176,929) | THE TINY DIGITAL FACTORY, IMV STUDIO | |
 | OVRLRD | · EA older | $29.99 | 96 85% | 2.9k | $86k (exactly $86,371) | OVRLRD |
 | Military Logistics Simulator | $24.99 | 109 17% | 3.3k | $82k (exactly $81,717) | Nano Games | |
 | Formula TOP | $12.99 | 58 91% | 1.7k | $23k (exactly $22,603) | SQX Interactive | |
 | Ports Of Call Deluxe 3D 2024 | older | $14.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein |
 | AURORA FLIGHT (オーロラ・フライト) | $10.99 | 17 41% | 510 | $5.6k (exactly $5,605) | すたじおわかる | |
 | Bridge Orders - Outrim: The Unseen Enemy | · EA | $9.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | POISOFT |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Delta Vector - Turn Based Racing | $3.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Felipe Pechmann | |
 | CarCam | $3.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Movcans Vadims |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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