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Should I ship a Building Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Building
Only 11 developers shipped a Building Combat 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, SimplePlanes 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $55k (exactly $54,948) |
| Top 5% | $789k (exactly $789,205) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 3190% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Combat Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle physics plus weapons and AI drivers
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing, Building
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 1,879 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 11 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + SandboxFair
- + PlatformerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + ParkourFair
- + RPGFair
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + Beat 'em upLong shot
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
Comparable games
SimplePlanes 2015 · $3.8M 
SimplePlanes 2 2026 · EA · $789k 
Wreckreation 2025 · $432k 
Vector 36 2017 · $181k 
Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) 2020 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SimplePlanes | older | $12.99 | 9,811 93% | 294k | $3.8M (exactly $3,823,347) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
| | Vector 36 | older | $24.99 | 241 80% | 7.2k | $181k (exactly $180,678) | Red River Studio |
| | Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) | older | $1.99 | 1,337 68% | 40k | $80k (exactly $79,819) | Midnight Games |
 | Duck Life 9: The Flock | older | $9.99 | 190 83% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wix Games |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | Dieselpunk Wars | older | $14.99 | 116 55% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $52,165) | Image Power S.A., Roasted Games |
 | Hypertrain | older | $8.99 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | Funcraft Games |
 | Crafty Racer | · EA | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Peterclark |
 | PULLBACK RACERS | $3.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | SkyBrave, blazitt, Gevizz | |
 | 星界远航 Stellar Realm Voyage | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | SGAIZFTX |
 | Super Drag Race 2 | $0.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $267 (exactly $267) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Arcade Galaxy | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | RCADE Corp., Macaca Games | |
 | Robo Balls | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Featherweight Studios LLC | |
 | Pick Me Up - Cabbie Edition | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ANGRY PICKLE GAME STUDIOS, JOY INDUSTRI… (ANGRY PICKLE GAME STUDIOS, JOY INDUSTRIES, LLC) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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