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Should I ship a Rhythm Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + Rhythm
Only 10 developers shipped a Rhythm 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, Don't Crash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $800, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 425% on the market; 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $802 (exactly $802) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 425% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing, Rhythm
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 94% positive over 229 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + SandboxFair
- + PlatformerFair
- + ParkourFair
- + RPGFair
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + Beat 'em upLong shot
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
PalmRide 2021 · $13k 
Don't Crash 2026 · $10k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k 
BeachRun 2022 · $8.2k 
BotMobile 2024 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PalmRide | older | $3.99 | 108 87% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,928) | Pixelbois |
| | Don't Crash | $4.99 | 68 98% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Override Studio | |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
| | BotMobile | older | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Gamesforgames |
 | Tides of The Endless | · EA | $7.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Shimmer High Sea |
 | Rain Runner | older | $4.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | SkyBrave |
 | DAY OF DRIFT | $3.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | OutWave: Retro chase | older | $0.99 | 84 86% | 2.5k | $2.5k (exactly $2,495) | RetroAirem, Airem |
 | MEMOLOGY: Absurd racing | $0.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $1.8k (exactly $1,752) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Ratfall | · EA | $0.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | charlesfactorydev |
 | NEON DRIFT ULTRA | $1.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Music Drive: Chase the Beat | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Salve Games | |
 | ZipRush: Surf the Void | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Narriflux |
 | Astro Defender | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PandaRick | |
 | Time Assassin | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 0cd studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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