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Should I ship a Naval Driving game?
Driving + Naval
Only 7 developers shipped a Naval 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, Professional Ship Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.4k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $90k (exactly $89,886) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- $9.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 5,709 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 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
Ships At Sea 2024 · EA · $1.9M 
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M 
World Ship Simulator 2016 · $106k 
Ships 2017 2016 · $94k 
Professional Ship Simulator 2026 · EA · $90k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ships At Sea | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,479 69% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,858,506) | Misc Games |
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
| | World Ship Simulator | older | $19.99 | 177 16% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Odin Game Studio |
| | Ships 2017 | older | $19.99 | 156 32% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $93,553) | FragOut |
| | Professional Ship Simulator | · EA | $36.99 | 81 62% | 2.4k | $90k (exactly $89,886) | SWE Systems |
 | Hydrofoil Generation | older | $19.99 | 103 84% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $61,769) | Jaxx Vane Studio |
 | Summer Trip Cruise | older | $9.99 | 103 90% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Gius Caminiti |
 | Ports Of Call Deluxe 3D 2024 | older | $14.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein |
 | Sandbox World | older | $4.99 | 133 72% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | XMAKE |
 | FIREGROUND Modern War | older | $4.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Xyak-Xyak |
 | Speedboat Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Dragons Reef VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Radoslaw Kutowinski | |
 | Fuel Cell | · EA | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Efshapo |
 | Deep Saturation | $2.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Panic Panda | |
 | The Great Ocean | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Actrio Studio | |
 | Lullapops Sail Race | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Gamore Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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