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Should I ship a Card Battler Racing game?
Racing + Card Battler
Only 6 developers shipped a Card Battler 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, Canyon of Outlaws, 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, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $210 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $110k (exactly $110,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Card Battler
- 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 7 games average 81% positive over 838 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CapitalismStrong odds
- + ModernFair
- + TransportationFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Grand StrategyFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + City BuilderLong shot
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
Death Roads: Tournament 2023 · $328k 
Canyon of Outlaws 2025 · $110k 
Cycling Champion 2026 · EA · $3.5k 
Emoji Shooter 2025 · $210 
The last throne 2025 · $120 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Death Roads: Tournament | older | $14.99 | 729 80% | 22k | $328k (exactly $327,831) | The Knights of Unity |
| | Canyon of Outlaws | $39.99 | 92 89% | 2.8k | $110k (exactly $110,372) | Javlier P | |
| | Cycling Champion | · EA | $8.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | RaulM |
| | Emoji Shooter | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SixpenceTech | |
| | The last throne | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | SLW Game Studio | |
 | 人球の逆娘／Reverse Woman of Human Ball | older | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 東京なおみ／Tokyo Naomi |
 | Ostensible | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Zhang Huiqin | |
 | Friend Slop | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bloomey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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