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Should I ship a Modern-Day Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Modern
Only 8 developers shipped a Modern-Day 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, Jeepney Simulator 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $10,518) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,946) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,094) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 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
- $8.99 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 63% positive over 397 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 8 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Jeepney Simulator 2 2024 · $32k 
R2V Rev to Vertex 2023 · EA · $31k 
Road Rage 2017 · $21k 
Car Factory Empire 2025 · EA · $13k 
Speed Demons 2 2025 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Jeepney Simulator 2 | $8.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $32k (exactly $32,094) | Spacezero Interactive | |
| | R2V Rev to Vertex | · EA older | $23.80 | 43 34% | 1.3k | $31k (exactly $30,702) | PLUTONIZATION |
| | Road Rage | older | $9.99 | 69 33% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,679) | Team 6 |
| | Car Factory Empire | · EA | $8.99 | 48 56% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,946) | RDS Games |
| | Speed Demons 2 | $14.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Radiangames | |
 | Big Mutha Truckers | $8.99 | 39 92% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $10,518) | Eutechnyx | |
 | Rose Action | older | $4.99 | 25 32% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Ma Ge Game |
 | Xtreme Aces Racing | older | $14.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Under Control Games |
 | Athletics 3: Summer Sports | older | $4.99 | 18 27% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Olivier Monaret |
 | Carperation | older | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Vastudio |
 | Дейтсим Говна | $2.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Traxmaster Productions | |
 | Car Football | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Vutune | |
 | Trail Racer | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seoul Season | |
 | Roomrush Racer | $18.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Benjamin Recker |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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