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Should I ship a Driving Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Driving
Only 10 developers shipped a Driving Battle Royale 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, SAND: Raiders of Sophie, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $480 (exactly $480) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 5% | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 10 / 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 380% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Driving
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling feel is tuned by hand
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Driving
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 49% positive over 12,505 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
SAND: Raiders of Sophie 2026 · EA · $9.4M 
TramSim Munich - The Tram Simulator 2021 · $570k 
GangV | VR & PC Battle Royale 2021 · EA · $152k 
Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) 2020 · $80k 
Car Racing Highway Driving Simulator, real parking driver sim speed traffic deluxe 2023 2023 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SAND: Raiders of Sophie | · EA | $24.99 | 12,485 49% | 375k | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) | Hologryph, TowerHaus |
| | TramSim Munich - The Tram Simulator | older | $34.99 | 543 67% | 16k | $570k (exactly $569,987) | ViewApp |
| | GangV | VR & PC Battle Royale | · EA older | $14.99 | 337 60% | 10k | $152k (exactly $151,549) | raptor lab |
| | Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) | older | $1.99 | 1,337 68% | 40k | $80k (exactly $79,819) | Midnight Games |
| | Car Racing Highway Driving Simulator, real parking driver sim speed traffic deluxe 2023 | older | $1.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | Midnight Games |
 | Car Guys | $5.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Ruben Alcañiz | |
 | Carnage Battle Arena | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Boombit | |
 | War Link - 2111 AD | older | $1.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Saturn VR, NipsApp Game Studios |
 | Bumper Brawlers | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Gyxos | |
 | Royale Battle | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ebc studios | |
 | Tropical Hop | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | cls studios | |
 | Delivery Service : Courier | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | DW | |
 | Drone Fire | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | QplusQ | |
 | motorcycle combat | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | QplusQ | |
 | Trail Racer | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seoul Season |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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