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Should I ship a Cycling Driving game?
Cycling + Driving
Only 9 developers shipped a Cycling Driving 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, Motorcycle Night Ride, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $240 against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 5% | $38k (exactly $38,276) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 up 105% on the market, supply 50% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Cycling, Driving
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cycling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + BMXFair
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
Tour de France 2020 2020 · $73k 
Tour de France 2021 2021 · $71k 
Motorcycle Night Ride 2025 · EA · $38k 
Shred! Remastered 2015 · $15k 
Magnytour 2023 · $9.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tour de France 2020 | older | $19.99 | 122 80% | 3.7k | $73k (exactly $73,163) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Tour de France 2021 | older | $39.99 | 59 81% | 1.8k | $71k (exactly $70,782) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Motorcycle Night Ride | · EA | $5.99 | 213 76% | 6.4k | $38k (exactly $38,276) | Suber Game Studio, Room Games |
| | Shred! Remastered | older | $4.99 | 100 59% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,970) | ASBO Interactive |
| | Magnytour | older | $14.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Downhill Pro Racer | · EA older | $12.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | Germán de la Fuente |
 | Neon Rider Classic | older | $2.99 | 43 74% | 1.3k | $3.9k (exactly $3,857) | Louissi, Jeff Wofford |
 | Traction Control | · EA older | $4.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Mitchell Lawrence |
 | UNICYCLIST | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | John Peate |
 | Ride It! | $2.80 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.0k (exactly $1,008) | dpm, Revi, GatoHolguera | |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Motorhome: Traveling North America 2 Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Avi Games | |
 | Racing: Storm Chase | $1.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | ChenZepeng | |
 | Man For Takeaway | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | zjf | |
 | Public Toilet Simulator | $0.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | OneiGames | |
 | Atomic Cyclecar Racing 2 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio Prime LLC | |
 | Roach with Bike | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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