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Should I ship an Automobile Sim Third-Person Shooter?
Automobile Sim + Third-Person Shooter
Only 18 developers shipped an Automobile Sim Third-Person Shooter 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, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480. 29 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 70% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Top 5% | $190M (exactly $189,642,365) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Third-Person Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Racing, Open World
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 213,698 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced 2025 · $190M 
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020 · $108M 
Mad Max 2015 · $35M 
Mafia II (Classic) 2011 · $33M 
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023 · $12M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced | $29.99 | 210,784 83% | 6.3M | $190M (exactly $189,642,365) | Rockstar North | |
| | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 180,637 83% | 5.4M | $108M (exactly $108,328,009) | Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto |
| | Mad Max | older | $19.99 | 57,651 91% | 1.7M | $35M (exactly $34,573,305) | Avalanche Studios |
| | Mafia II (Classic) | older | $29.99 | 36,389 92% | 1.1M | $33M (exactly $32,739,183) | 2K Czech |
| | Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator | older | $24.99 | 16,166 80% | 485k | $12M (exactly $12,119,650) | Nils Jakrins |
 | FUMES | · EA | $14.99 | 2,816 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) | FUMES team |
 | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
 | Driver® Parallel Lines | older | $9.99 | 1,496 89% | 45k | $448k (exactly $448,351) | Ubisoft Reflections |
 | WARMA | · EA older | $9.99 | 184 51% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | BA.D |
 | Mad Combat Marines | older | $4.99 | 327 68% | 9.8k | $49k (exactly $48,952) | Nightbinder |
 | Deliverage | $12.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) | Majao Games | |
 | Captain Gazman Day Of The Rage | $6.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Les Kalifas, Kazarma, VEB Videospielewe… (Les Kalifas, Kazarma, VEB Videospielewerk 'Bewegungsdruiden') | |
 | LivingForest | $15.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | LivingEveryday | |
 | Open Robot | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Loomeit Studios | |
 | TONK | · EA | $3.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | YourAverageOtter |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | The Long Drive Badland | $15.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | TinyBig | |
 | 中国式富豪 | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | 大米粥工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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