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Should I ship a Logic Driving game?
Driving + Logic
Of 30 developers who shipped a Logic 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.. 29 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is flat on the market; 29 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $31,268) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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, Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 716 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + World War IIFair
- + MusicFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Revhead 2017 · $358k 
CAR TUNE: Project 2020 · EA · $333k 
GRIDROAD 2024 · $115k 
Robot Detour 2024 · $31k 
World of Contraptions 2022 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Revhead | older | $19.99 | 597 80% | 18k | $358k (exactly $358,021) | Creative Pudding Hungary Llc. |
| | CAR TUNE: Project | · EA older | $18.99 | 585 84% | 18k | $333k (exactly $333,274) | Vertices Software |
| | GRIDROAD | $9.99 | 385 82% | 12k | $115k (exactly $115,384) | RAJACORP | |
| | Robot Detour | $5.99 | 174 100% | 5.2k | $31k (exactly $31,268) | Nozomu Games | |
| | World of Contraptions | older | $9.99 | 89 86% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | JCP Games Studio |
 | Cam Op Simulator | older | $39.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $22k (exactly $21,595) | Matt Workman |
 | Forklift Simulator 2023 | older | $7.99 | 74 68% | 2.2k | $18k (exactly $17,738) | Revolt Games |
 | Last Generation: Survival | older | $19.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Furious Dogs |
 | Parking in Tight Spaces | $9.99 | 40 77% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Hungry Devs | |
 | Car Hustle Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 26 73% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Silent Code Games |
 | Screw Drivers | $7.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Creactstudios | |
 | Ready-Player-Go! | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Ready-Player-Go! | |
 | Forklift Certified | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Reilly Webster | |
 | Junkcity Factory Simulator | $4.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Simnetic Game | |
 | Arrive In Time | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Hade Games | |
 | Parcel Dash | $6.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Roslin Studios, Leland Wilson |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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