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Should I ship a Military Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Military
Only 5 developers shipped a Military 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.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.7k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,722) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) |
| Top 5% | $789k (exactly $789,205) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 12,147 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different setting or mood, 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 
SimplePlanes VR 2021 · $52k 
Dieselpunk Wars 2021 · $52k 
TOKYO WARFARE 2016 · $46k | 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 |
| | SimplePlanes VR | older | $9.99 | 175 86% | 5.3k | $52k (exactly $52,448) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Dieselpunk Wars | older | $14.99 | 116 55% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $52,165) | Image Power S.A., Roasted Games |
| | TOKYO WARFARE | older | $4.99 | 307 81% | 9.2k | $46k (exactly $45,958) | Pablo Vidaurre Sanz |
 | BLOCKPOST MOBILE | · EA older | $4.99 | 254 61% | 7.6k | $38k (exactly $38,024) | Skullcap Studios |
 | 惊险极速 | · EA older | $6.99 | 91 97% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $19,083) | 个人 |
 | J15 Jet Fighter VR (歼15舰载机) | · EA older | $9.99 | 44 47% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Magicvalley Studio |
 | Gears of Glory | $5.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Broken Tooth Studios | |
 | Mission 1985 | older | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Consulog |
 | Drones of War: FPV Drone Simulator | · EA | $3.49 | 26 61% | 780 | $2.7k (exactly $2,722) | Loren |
 | Masters of the Air | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | THE POWER OF GAMES | |
 | Tank Battle Salvo | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CANGYU CONCEPT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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