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Should I ship a Military Driving game?
Driving + Military
Only 12 developers shipped a Military 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, Call to Arms: Panzer Elite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×2761 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $480 (exactly $480) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $508k (exactly $507,946) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $15.99 |
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 400% 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
- Price point
- $15.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 4,217 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite 2025 · EA · $1.7M 
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M 
SimplePlanes 2 2026 · EA · $789k 
Tank Squad 2025 · $508k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | Call to Arms: Panzer Elite | · EA | $29.99 | 1,927 69% | 58k | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) | Digitalmindsoft |
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
| | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 635 32% | 19k | $381k (exactly $380,809) | Gattai Games |
 | fox soldier | older | $14.99 | 199 98% | 6.0k | $89k (exactly $89,490) | yousoi, sadboy |
 | Military Logistics Simulator | $24.99 | 109 17% | 3.3k | $82k (exactly $81,717) | Nano Games | |
 | Poly Squad | · EA older | $4.99 | 316 49% | 9.5k | $47k (exactly $47,305) | OXO Games |
 | Armored Front: Tiger Command | · EA older | $19.99 | 46 45% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | AutoRotate180 |
 | City 33 | $15.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | ebt studios | |
 | Subzero Stealth | · EA | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Verona Interactive |
 | IRON SIGHT | · EA | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Blackmonkgaming |
 | Cartel | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ren studios | |
 | Tropical Hop | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | cls studios | |
 | Undead World Order | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | MFG Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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