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Should I ship a Motocross Bike game?
Bikes + Motocross
Only 12 developers shipped a Motocross Bike game 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, Sledders, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $3.9M, ×2626 the market median. Revenue is up 620% on the market; 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $103k (exactly $102,981) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 620% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Bikes, Motocross
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 5,200 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bikes with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + CyclingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
MX Bikes 2019 · EA · $37M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
MX vs. ATV Reflex 2010 · $1.7M 
TrackDayR 2021 · EA · $1.7M 
MX vs ATV All Out 2018 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MX Bikes | · EA older | $34.99 | 35,684 94% | 1.1M | $37M (exactly $37,457,495) | PiBoSo |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | MX vs. ATV Reflex | older | $19.99 | 2,904 88% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,741,529) | Rainbow Studios, THQ Nordic |
| | TrackDayR | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,213 86% | 66k | $1.7M (exactly $1,659,086) | MadCow S.r.l. |
| | MX vs ATV All Out | older | $39.99 | 1,332 81% | 40k | $1.6M (exactly $1,598,000) | Rainbow Studios |
 | MXGP 2021 - The Official Motocross Videogame | older | $39.99 | 1,165 85% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,650) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | Dakar Desert Rally | older | $29.99 | 1,475 56% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,327,058) | Saber Porto Ltd. |
 | RIDE 6 | $59.99 | 549 68% | 16k | $988k (exactly $988,035) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $19.99 | 1,580 68% | 47k | $948k (exactly $947,526) | Play2Chill S.A. |
 | Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 6 | older | $49.99 | 512 71% | 15k | $768k (exactly $767,846) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | VMX | · EA | $14.99 | 229 89% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $102,981) | Break Free Interactive |
 | Stunt Bike Extreme | $4.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Hyperkani | |
 | MX Bodycam Bikes Racing | · EA | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | GLOBAL SCRIPTUM |
 | MX Racing World | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Nitx Games | |
 | Dark Rally | $6.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | PLOP Studio | |
 | Sakura Drift | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Miki Games | |
 | Bike Stunt 3D Freestyle | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Nitx Games | |
 | In A Wheel | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ElyDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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