Should I ship a Racing CRPG?
CRPG + Racing
Only 5 developers shipped a Racing CRPG 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, WarOfGods 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.5k. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $11,696) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Racing
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 7 games average 59% positive over 100 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
WarOfGods 2 2025 · $12k 
SixteenPetals 2025 · EA · $3.6k 
幻影魔都 2023 · $1.8k 
Deserted "Firefly Islands": Chronicles 2023 · $599 
国产手机帝国-Mobile phone empire 2023 · $479 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WarOfGods 2 | $29.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Mensa World | |
| | SixteenPetals | · EA | $6.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Husky366Studio |
| | 幻影魔都 | older | $0.99 | 61 63% | 1.8k | $1.8k (exactly $1,812) | AD Games, 阿地 |
| | Deserted "Firefly Islands": Chronicles | older | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Vasyl Zadorozhnyi, Volodymyr Koliahin |
| | 国产手机帝国-Mobile phone empire | older | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | 文字TV, 文字TV |
 | Life and death are predetermined by heaven | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Southern Vermilion Bird | |
 | 无面回响 | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | 空棱游戏 | |
 | 非凡：out of the ordinary | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 阿弥陀佛 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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