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Should I ship a Driving Motocross game?
Motocross + Driving
Only 9 developers shipped a Driving Motocross 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, Sledders, 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, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $478 (exactly $478) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 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 up 855% on the market, supply 50% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Motocross, Driving
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 18,161 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Motocross with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + BikesLong shot
- + SportsLong shot
- + MotorbikeLong shot
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + OffroadDead
- + ActionDead
- + ArcadeDead
- + Automobile SimDead
Comparable games
MX vs ATV Legends 2022 · $5.4M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
MX vs. ATV Reflex 2010 · $1.7M 
TrackDayR 2021 · EA · $1.7M 
Dakar Desert Rally 2022 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MX vs ATV Legends | older | $39.99 | 4,524 82% | 136k | $5.4M (exactly $5,427,443) | Rainbow Studios |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | MX vs. ATV Reflex | older | $19.99 | 2,904 88% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,741,529) | Rainbow Studios, THQ Nordic |
| | TrackDayR | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,213 86% | 66k | $1.7M (exactly $1,659,086) | MadCow S.r.l. |
| | Dakar Desert Rally | older | $29.99 | 1,475 56% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,327,058) | Saber Porto Ltd. |
 | Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $19.99 | 1,580 68% | 47k | $948k (exactly $947,526) | Play2Chill S.A. |
 | MXGP 2020 - The Official Motocross Videogame | older | $29.99 | 703 83% | 21k | $632k (exactly $632,489) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | Minit Fun Racer | older | $2.99 | 253 97% | 7.6k | $23k (exactly $22,694) | JW, Kitty, Jukio, Dom |
 | Shred! Remastered | older | $4.99 | 100 59% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,970) | ASBO Interactive |
 | Eggcelerate! to the Tropics | older | $11.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $13,309) | Tim Beaudet, Tyre Bytes LLC |
 | Hangin' Off! | · EA | $5.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $8.1k (exactly $8,086) | Sk1ds Retro Works |
 | MX Bodycam Bikes Racing | · EA | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | GLOBAL SCRIPTUM |
 | WINCH IT OUT | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ARASLANIX | |
 | Driving Master D | $1.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Cold9 | |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Car Crash Chaos | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Berk Kalfa | |
 | Motorhome: Traveling North America 2 Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Avi Games | |
 | motorcycle combat | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | QplusQ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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