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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Racing game?
Co-op Campaign + Racing
Only 11 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign 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, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $24M, ×16090 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
| Top 25% | $41k (exactly $40,776) |
| Top 5% | $24M (exactly $24,102,456) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 down 60% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op Campaign
- effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Racing
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 92% positive over 12,095 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
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Comparable games
Trailmakers 2019 · $25M 
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 2025 · $24M 
WheelMates 2026 · $297k 
Star Drift Evolution 2021 · $96k 
Hello Engineer: Scrap Machines Constructor 2023 · $72k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trailmakers | older | $24.99 | 33,465 92% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,088,710) | Flashbulb |
| | Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | $69.99 | 11,479 93% | 344k | $24M (exactly $24,102,456) | Sonic Team | |
| | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
| | Star Drift Evolution | older | $14.99 | 213 94% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $95,786) | Catze |
| | Hello Engineer: Scrap Machines Constructor | older | $14.99 | 161 62% | 4.8k | $72k (exactly $72,402) | tinyBuild Riga, tinyBuild |
 | Warp Drive | older | $24.99 | 56 57% | 1.7k | $42k (exactly $41,983) | Supergonk |
 | Tipston Salvage | $16.99 | 80 97% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $40,776) | Pontus Karlsson | |
 | Tinker Racers | older | $4.99 | 194 84% | 5.8k | $29k (exactly $29,042) | Rumbora Party Games |
 | Mechanic Heroes | older | $13.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $20,565) | Late Game Studios |
 | Supermarket Shriek | older | $19.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd |
 | F2D - Steer To Persevere | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Zyg Studios | |
 | Rolling Ball: HD Remaster | $59.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | SUNYU Games | |
 | Death Metal Derby | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Turtle Duck Studio | |
 | CheeseMoney | $2.99 | 13 23% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Liang ZhiYa, Global People Holdings Gro… (Liang ZhiYa, Global People Holdings Group LLC, Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co Ltd) | |
 | Anarchy Road | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Bunker Brothers LLC | |
 | The Illuminati Simulator | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ricardo Alonso Pina | |
 | Sparrow Country | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Binary Gauss Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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