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Should I ship a War Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + War
Only 3 developers shipped a War Combat Racing game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 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.. 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 $1.5k against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,260) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,868) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% more developers than 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
- War
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 10,128 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 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
Need for Speed™ Rivals 2020 · $5.6M 
Space Wars 2020 · $95k 
SimplePlanes VR 2021 · $52k 
Dieselpunk Wars 2021 · $52k 
TOKYO WARFARE 2016 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Need for Speed™ Rivals | older | $19.99 | 9,265 76% | 278k | $5.6M (exactly $5,556,220) | Criterion Games |
| | Space Wars | older | $29.99 | 106 86% | 3.2k | $95k (exactly $95,368) | High and Wide |
| | SimplePlanes VR | older | $9.99 | 175 86% | 5.3k | $52k (exactly $52,448) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Dieselpunk Wars | older | $14.99 | 116 55% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $52,165) | Image Power S.A., Roasted Games |
| | TOKYO WARFARE | older | $4.99 | 307 81% | 9.2k | $46k (exactly $45,958) | Pablo Vidaurre Sanz |
 | G WARRIOR | older | $4.99 | 106 90% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,868) | Liao Kai, LKK GAME |
 | Mission 1985 | older | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Consulog |
 | Drones of War: FPV Drone Simulator | · EA | $3.49 | 26 61% | 780 | $2.7k (exactly $2,722) | Loren |
 | Revenge on the Streets 3 | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Del_Player |
 | Echo Wars - Road Rage | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Ivanovich Games | |
 | 雷霆之眼 | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 小如文化 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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