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Should I ship a Fantasy Driving game?
Driving + Fantasy
Only 15 developers shipped a Fantasy 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, Swords & Souls Legacy Collection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,999) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 15% more 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Combat Racing
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 587 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + World War IIFair
- + MusicFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + LogicFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
Spark the Electric Jester 3 2022 · $1.4M 
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 2021 · $295k 
Swords & Souls Legacy Collection 2025 · $101k 
NecroVisioN: Lost Company 2010 · $97k 
Summer Catchers 2019 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spark the Electric Jester 3 | older | $24.99 | 1,913 96% | 57k | $1.4M (exactly $1,434,176) | Feperd Games |
| | Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 | older | $29.99 | 328 77% | 9.8k | $295k (exactly $295,102) | Rainbow Studios |
| | Swords & Souls Legacy Collection | $9.99 | 337 94% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,999) | SoulGame Studio | |
| | NecroVisioN: Lost Company | older | $6.99 | 464 73% | 14k | $97k (exactly $97,301) | The Farm 51 |
| | Summer Catchers | older | $8.99 | 347 80% | 10k | $94k (exactly $93,586) | FaceIT |
 | Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship | $9.99 | 139 75% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Zing Games Inc., 紫英互娱 | |
 | Poly Roam | · EA older | $10.99 | 105 68% | 3.2k | $35k (exactly $34,618) | NightTime Co. |
 | sunny-place | older | $6.99 | 91 97% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $19,083) | tjern |
 | Mythic Kart Maker | · EA | $11.99 | 53 83% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,064) | Dream Mix Games |
 | Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom | older | $29.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $18k (exactly $17,994) | Stage Clear Studios |
 | KartMania Silver | $9.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Silver Games | |
 | Agu | · EA | $2.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) | Wendley Felipe |
 | Jet Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Fresh Bread Games |
 | Love-Love Street Racer | $3.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Onyx DreamMaker Games | |
 | Lawnmower Game: 2024 | $1.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | DIG Games | |
 | Jumping Eras | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Michi Soul Games | |
 | Mountain Legends 5 | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | MD MEHEDI HASAN MISHU |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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