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Should I ship a Job Simulator Driving game?

Driving + Job Simulator

Of 22 developers who shipped a Job Simulator Driving game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $17k, ×27 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×3389 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 15 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 27.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 15 announced, ×1.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Driving + Job Simulator
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 22

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Driving + Job Simulator: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 22
Bottom 30% $3.7k (exactly $3,742)
Median $17k (exactly $17,147)
Top 25% $72k (exactly $72,389)
Top 5% $2.1M (exactly $2,128,292)
Developers, 2 yr 22
Released games 38
Announced 15
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $11.99

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 down 70% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Driving
effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling feel is tuned by hand
Job Simulator
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Driving, Job Simulator; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Simulation, Management
Price point
$11.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Realistic, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 10,665 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $3.8k, median $17k, 1 in 4 over $72k, 1 in 20 over $2.1M.

3 in 10 developers made under $3.8k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Split ScreenFair54 devs · median $6.0k · 56 announced
  2. + Psychological HorrorFair35 devs · median $5.9k · 43 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $5.5k · 18 announced
  4. + Survival HorrorFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  5. + World War IIFair8 devs · median $4.2k · 9 announced
  6. + MusicFair8 devs · median $2.4k · 10 announced
  7. + ThrillerFair18 devs · median $2.0k · 21 announced
  8. + Interactive FictionFair12 devs · median $1.2k · 13 announced
  9. + LogicFair30 devs · median $958 · 29 announced
  10. + Hidden ObjectFair26 devs · median $897 · 23 announced
  11. + Online Co-OpPoor odds82 devs · median $48k · 157 announced
  12. + AutomationPoor odds24 devs · median $44k · 36 announced

All 130 pairs on the Driving page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator 2024 · $4.0M Firefighting Simulator - The Squad 2020 · $3.2M Storage Hunter Simulator 2025 · $2.9M Cheap Car Repair 2026 · $2.1M AirportSim 2023 · $1.5M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator older $29.99 4,414 62% 132k $4.0M (exactly $3,971,276) Simteract
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad older $24.99 4,287 82% 129k $3.2M (exactly $3,213,964) Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware
Storage Hunter Simulator $24.99 3,866 78% 116k $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) Raccoons Studio
Cheap Car Repair $19.69 3,603 91% 108k $2.1M (exactly $2,128,292) Little Dog Games
AirportSim older $34.99 1,412 67% 42k $1.5M (exactly $1,482,176) MS GAMES, MK STUDIOS
Docked $29.99 1,210 72% 36k $1.1M (exactly $1,088,637) Saber Interactive
Train Life: A Railway Simulator older $19.99 1,451 63% 44k $870k (exactly $870,165) Simteract
TramSim Munich - The Tram Simulator older $34.99 543 67% 16k $570k (exactly $569,987) ViewApp
Fuel Harvest Together $13.99 879 69% 26k $369k (exactly $368,916) Say2Sun
Bus-Simulator 2012 older $6.99 986 43% 30k $207k (exactly $206,764) TML-Studios
Snow Plowing Simulator $15.99 281 64% 8.4k $135k (exactly $134,796) FreeMind S.A.
Food Delivery Simulator · EA $7.99 302 77% 9.1k $72k (exactly $72,389) Black Sea Studios
Business Simulator 2026 · EA $11.99 178 74% 5.3k $64k (exactly $64,027) HOGO Games
Vending Machine Business Simulator $8.99 193 74% 5.8k $52k (exactly $52,052) Crow Interactive
Toll Booth Simulator $12.99 91 71% 2.7k $35k (exactly $35,463) SifDev
Constracktion $14.99 62 66% 1.9k $28k (exactly $27,881) Lapioware

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.