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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Post-apocalyptic
Only 13 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, Dust Raiders, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 50 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $76k, ×122 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 50 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 25% | $9.7k (exactly $9,746) |
| Top 5% | $77k (exactly $76,752) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 360 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 50 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 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
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k 
Death Roads: Tournament 2023 · $328k 
DeathSprint 66 2024 · $297k 
Post Apocalyptic Mayhem 2011 · $232k 
Dust Raiders 2025 · $77k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zombie Driver HD | older | $9.99 | 2,770 84% | 83k | $830k (exactly $830,169) | Exor Studios |
| | Death Roads: Tournament | older | $14.99 | 729 80% | 22k | $328k (exactly $327,831) | The Knights of Unity |
| | DeathSprint 66 | older | $19.99 | 495 83% | 15k | $297k (exactly $296,852) | Sumo Digital |
| | Post Apocalyptic Mayhem | older | $9.99 | 773 87% | 23k | $232k (exactly $231,668) | Steel Monkeys |
| | Dust Raiders | $15.99 | 160 64% | 4.8k | $77k (exactly $76,752) | Vixa Games | |
 | Gearshifters | older | $24.99 | 85 80% | 2.6k | $64k (exactly $63,724) | Red Phantom Games |
 | Clutch | older | $9.99 | 125 79% | 3.8k | $37k (exactly $37,462) | Targem Games |
 | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
 | Pest Apocalypse | $9.99 | 75 94% | 2.3k | $22k (exactly $22,478) | Kikimora Games | |
 | Wasteland Angel | older | $4.99 | 135 56% | 4.1k | $20k (exactly $20,210) | Octane Games |
 | Duneborn | $11.99 | 35 51% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,590) | A.P Games | |
 | WATTGAMES | · EA | $24.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $9.7k (exactly $9,746) | TripleScience Software |
 | Road Defense Racing | $3.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) | Minicactus Games | |
 | Gears of Glory | $5.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Broken Tooth Studios | |
 | CARnage | $14.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | GleeMill | |
 | Anarchy Road | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Bunker Brothers LLC | |
 | Dragon Gate: Tournament | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Luftikus Games | |
 | AUTO DERBY CASINO | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | numberonescientist |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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