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Should I ship a Combat Racing Space Sim?
Combat Racing + Space Sim
Only 4 developers shipped a Combat Racing Space Sim in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×3.5 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 $270 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $218 (exactly $218) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,260) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.25 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Space Sim
- 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, Space Sim
- Price point
- $7.25 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.25.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,702 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $220. 7 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different second tag, 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
Redout 2 2022 · $700k 
Vector 36 2017 · $181k 
Space Wars 2020 · $95k 
Don't Crash 2026 · $10k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Redout 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,168 82% | 35k | $700k (exactly $700,450) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Vector 36 | older | $24.99 | 241 80% | 7.2k | $181k (exactly $180,678) | Red River Studio |
| | Space Wars | older | $29.99 | 106 86% | 3.2k | $95k (exactly $95,368) | High and Wide |
| | 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 |
 | Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme | older | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | Onteca Ltd |
 | Planet Surfer | older | $5.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Matthew Christiansen |
 | GALACTIC FIELD 《银河领域》 | older | $21.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.3k (exactly $1,260) | Two Thousand and one entertainment stud… (Two Thousand and one entertainment studios) |
 | CosmoDrive:Infinity | older | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Diamond Cats Studio |
 | Cygnus Pizza Race | older | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Longplay Games |
 | 星界远航 Stellar Realm Voyage | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | SGAIZFTX |
 | OutSpaceX_EP1 | · EA | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Fun2Studio |
 | Desert Cup Air Races | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Steve Wu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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