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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Driving game?
Driving + Multiple Endings
Only 19 developers shipped a Multiple Endings 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, Keep Driving, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $3.3M, ×5318 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 32 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,242) |
| Top 5% | $3.3M (exactly $3,339,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 45% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, Multiple Endings; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Simulation, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 8,136 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
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
- + LogicFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
Keep Driving 2025 · $3.3M 
Lake 2021 · $2.7M 
Race of Life - Act 1 2025 · $497k 
Border Officer 2019 · $388k 
Heading Out 2024 · $383k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Keep Driving | $17.99 | 6,188 93% | 186k | $3.3M (exactly $3,339,664) | YCJY Games | |
| | Lake | older | $19.99 | 4,484 87% | 135k | $2.7M (exactly $2,689,055) | Gamious |
| | Race of Life - Act 1 | $13.99 | 1,183 94% | 35k | $497k (exactly $496,505) | Underground Studio | |
| | Border Officer | older | $9.99 | 1,294 57% | 39k | $388k (exactly $387,812) | Cheesecake Dev |
| | Heading Out | older | $19.99 | 639 74% | 19k | $383k (exactly $383,208) | Serious Sim, Crunching Koalas |
 | 反转21克 | older | $8.99 | 1,020 72% | 31k | $275k (exactly $275,094) | 想象颗粒 |
 | Brno Transit | $8.99 | 589 85% | 18k | $159k (exactly $158,853) | Spytihněv | |
 | Dating Simulator | older | $4.99 | 417 55% | 13k | $62k (exactly $62,425) | piratecat games |
 | Wheels of Aurelia | older | $14.99 | 135 49% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $60,710) | Santa Ragione |
 | Dude Simulator 4 | older | $4.99 | 342 58% | 10k | $51k (exactly $51,197) | Kiddy |
 | Backseat | $9.99 | 85 71% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | HOGO Games | |
 | Junkyard Fury 3 | $14.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Dhood Gaming | |
 | Geamana Village | $6.25 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.3k (exactly $5,250) | Chainwolf Studio, Otozip | |
 | Snowscape | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Cosnow, Yim Sang Woo, parser, MEADOWS95 | |
 | Real Car Parking Simulator | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | FortStar | |
 | Sunset Drive | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Klapanom Games | |
 | Victor Lawson | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | 1tempobro |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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