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Should I ship a Parkour Driving game?
Driving + Parkour
Of 36 developers who shipped a Parkour 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.. 48 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $730, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 48 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $732 (exactly $732) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,528) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,948) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 48 |
| 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 up 145% on the market, supply 65% 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, Parkour; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 3D Platformer, Physics, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,002 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 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
Watch_Dogs™ 2014 · $30M 
American Theft 80s 2022 · $617k 
Amazing Frog? 2 2022 · EA · $435k 
You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition 2022 · $297k 
Neodash 2022 · $231k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Watch_Dogs™ | older | $19.99 | 49,193 79% | 1.5M | $30M (exactly $29,501,042) | Ubisoft |
| | American Theft 80s | older | $19.99 | 1,029 73% | 31k | $617k (exactly $617,091) | Noble Muffins |
| | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
| | You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 496 88% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Happy Volcano |
| | Neodash | older | $15.99 | 481 90% | 14k | $231k (exactly $230,736) | Axan Gray |
 | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
 | Youropa | older | $14.99 | 288 93% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | frecle |
 | Offroad Truck Simulator: Heavy Duty Challenge® | older | $29.99 | 111 50% | 3.3k | $100k (exactly $99,867) | Nano Games |
 | Rosalie | · EA | $6.99 | 283 92% | 8.5k | $59k (exactly $59,345) | Articho Games |
 | Turbo Sliders Unlimited | older | $14.99 | 125 88% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Antti Mannisto |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | Driving Is Hard | $6.99 | 200 79% | 6.0k | $42k (exactly $41,940) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | DriveCrazy | $10.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,068) | TubezGames | |
 | Ballest of Them All | · EA | $5.99 | 110 97% | 3.3k | $20k (exactly $19,767) | Low5ive, Action Jackson |
 | SCHROTT: Roguelike Racer | · EA | $12.99 | 49 91% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | Ivy Juice |
 | Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game | · EA | $4.99 | 65 89% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | BiG INC. CO. LLC. |
 | Drive Together | $4.49 | 40 60% | 1.2k | $5.4k (exactly $5,388) | Otakumi Games | |
 | ✈️Velocity Wings✈️ | $9.80 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.5k (exactly $3,528) | ZhiFeng Games | |
 | Go-Kart Simulator | · EA | $3.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Payna Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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