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Should I ship a Board Game Racing game?
Racing + Board Game
Only 9 developers shipped a Board Game Racing 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, Supercar Collection Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 100% on the market, with 10 games announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $595k (exactly $595,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 25% 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.
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Board Game
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,065 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Supercar Collection Simulator 2025 · $595k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 2021 · $165k 
Monopoly Madness 2023 · $85k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition 2025 · $13k 
The MoneyMakers Rallye 2020 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Supercar Collection Simulator | $12.99 | 1,528 85% | 46k | $595k (exactly $595,462) | Kiki Games | |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
| | Monopoly Madness | older | $29.99 | 94 43% | 2.8k | $85k (exactly $84,572) | Engine Software, Ubisoft |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
| | The MoneyMakers Rallye | older | $3.99 | 85 88% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,174) | The Unknown Machine |
 | Magnytour | older | $14.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Chickens Madness | older | $7.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Vikong |
 | Animal Run Relay | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | youdoyou.motto | |
 | Race Code | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | GREEN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LLC |
 | Add Astra | older | $2.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Coincidence |
 | Mini Games: 30 in 1 - Unpacking Hyper-Casual Fun Challenges | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Slot Car Simulator | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Shoka Games | |
 | Piground | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jewelry | |
 | Snail Mail | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WASD Studios | |
 | Winter Games Collection + Advent Calendar | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Denda Games | |
 | Transit Tag | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | plexstuff |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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