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Should I ship a Trading Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Trading
Only 19 developers shipped a Trading 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, Car For Sale Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×11 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $10M, ×6883 the market median. Revenue is up 2145% on the market; 40 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $386 (exactly $386) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,912) |
| Top 25% | $135k (exactly $134,910) |
| Top 5% | $10M (exactly $10,310,721) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 2145% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Trading
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim, Trading; all of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Open World, Simulation
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Realistic, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 36,323 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 6 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
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
Car For Sale Simulator 2024 · $10M 
Car Dealer Simulator 2025 · $5.9M 
My Garage 2026 · $2.4M 
Used Cars Simulator 2025 · EA · $688k 
Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina 2014 · $582k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Car For Sale Simulator | $16.99 | 20,229 78% | 607k | $10M (exactly $10,310,721) | Red Axe Games | |
| | Car Dealer Simulator | $19.99 | 9,831 88% | 295k | $5.9M (exactly $5,895,651) | Garage Monkeys | |
| | My Garage | $19.99 | 4,010 90% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) | Viking Game Studio | |
| | Used Cars Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 1,147 79% | 34k | $688k (exactly $687,856) | DreamWay Games |
| | Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina | older | $7.99 | 2,426 83% | 73k | $582k (exactly $581,512) | Targem Games |
 | Storage Hustle | · EA older | $11.99 | 1,508 70% | 45k | $542k (exactly $542,428) | Broken Clock |
 | Car Trader Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 475 72% | 14k | $142k (exactly $142,358) | Live Motion Games |
 | A Merchant's Promise | · EA | $14.99 | 300 86% | 9.0k | $135k (exactly $134,910) | Game Draft Studio |
 | Snow Ash | $14.99 | 179 73% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Ember Studio | |
 | Parking Garage Simulator | · EA | $11.99 | 203 38% | 6.1k | $73k (exactly $73,019) | Root Games |
 | Rent A Car Simulator 24 | $12.99 | 154 53% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | 2MEDYA | |
 | Car Service Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 190 51% | 5.7k | $40k (exactly $39,843) | Red Axe Games |
 | Valet Simulator: Parking & Business | · EA | $12.99 | 80 82% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $31,176) | ToD Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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