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Should I ship a Nature Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Nature
Only 7 developers shipped a Nature 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, Grind Rush, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×6.0 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 $630 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,317) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing
- 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 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 254 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 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
Bunny Hill 2020 · $39k 
Downhill Pro Racer 2023 · EA · $8.6k 
Grind Rush 2025 · $4.3k 
Duck Race 2022 · EA · $3.6k 
Slide - Animal Race 2021 · $3.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bunny Hill | older | $7.99 | 161 95% | 4.8k | $39k (exactly $38,592) | DogmaQuest, Brendan Roarty |
| | Downhill Pro Racer | · EA older | $12.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | Germán de la Fuente |
| | Grind Rush | $15.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.3k (exactly $4,317) | AND GEAR | |
| | Duck Race | · EA older | $11.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Ibzy Studios |
| | Slide - Animal Race | older | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Oneiric Worlds |
 | Xtreme Aces Racing | older | $14.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Under Control Games |
 | Speedboat Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Daily Driven Racer | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | A-Grand HT | |
 | ZEROED | older | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | OAKgames |
 | Spermination: Cream of the Crop | older | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Phr00t's Software |
 | Bird Brigade | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Merkel Games |
 | Driving Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Deep Water Depth Studios |
 | Curupira the Forest Guardian | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | WINDIE Games | |
 | Trail Racer | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seoul Season |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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