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Should I ship a Destruction Offroad game?
Offroad + Destruction
Only 6 developers shipped a Destruction Offroad 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, Chaos on Wheels, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Offroad
- effort 7 / 10 · low · terrain and suspension physics
- Destruction
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Offroad, Destruction
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 15,654 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Offroad with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
Comparable games
Gunner, HEAT, PC! 2022 · EA · $6.8M 
FlatOut 2007 · $1.3M 
Crashday Redline Edition 2017 · $550k 
Monster Jam™ Showdown 2024 · $319k 
RaceLeague 2022 · EA · $205k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | · EA older | $29.99 | 7,603 91% | 228k | $6.8M (exactly $6,840,419) | Radian Simulations LLC |
| | FlatOut | older | $7.49 | 5,870 91% | 176k | $1.3M (exactly $1,318,989) | Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Me… (Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Crashday Redline Edition | older | $11.99 | 1,528 89% | 46k | $550k (exactly $549,622) | Moonbyte |
| | Monster Jam™ Showdown | older | $49.99 | 213 71% | 6.4k | $319k (exactly $319,436) | Milestone S.r.l. |
| | RaceLeague | · EA older | $24.99 | 273 71% | 8.2k | $205k (exactly $204,668) | Oversteer Studios |
 | RXC - Rally Cross Challenge | · EA older | $19.99 | 73 90% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $43,778) | Gigabit Games |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Highway Drifter: Hajwala Simulator | $9.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Mad Hook | |
 | Off-Road: Redneck Racing | older | $7.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group |
 | Tony Slopes™ | · EA older | $11.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | SEEDTECH Studios Ltd |
 | Boom Gear | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Asyynk Studios | |
 | Drift Off | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Riyadh Games | |
 | Petro Hunter | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Origin | |
 | NitroRun: Off-Road Rush | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Iron Grid Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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