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Should I ship a Platformer Driving game?
Driving + Platformer
Of 43 developers who shipped a Platformer 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.. 56 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 $1.0k, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $55k, ×89 the market median. Revenue is up 130% on the market; 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,008) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,528) |
| Top 5% | $56k (exactly $55,610) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 120 |
| Announced | 56 |
| 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 130% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Platformer
- 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, Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 3D Platformer, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,850 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
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- + MusicFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + LogicFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
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Comparable games
FAR: Lone Sails 2018 · $11M 
Spark the Electric Jester 3 2022 · $1.4M 
Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M 
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom 2024 · $826k 
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX 2021 · $453k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FAR: Lone Sails | older | $14.99 | 24,474 95% | 734k | $11M (exactly $11,005,958) | Okomotive |
| | Spark the Electric Jester 3 | older | $24.99 | 1,913 96% | 57k | $1.4M (exactly $1,434,176) | Feperd Games |
| | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
| | Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom | older | $16.99 | 1,621 97% | 49k | $826k (exactly $826,224) | Panik Arcade |
| | Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX | older | $19.99 | 756 80% | 23k | $453k (exactly $453,373) | Jankenteam |
 | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
 | Earn to Die 2 | older | $4.99 | 2,238 93% | 67k | $335k (exactly $335,029) | Toffee Games |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
 | JellyCar Worlds | older | $7.99 | 1,008 96% | 30k | $242k (exactly $241,618) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
 | Neodash | older | $15.99 | 481 90% | 14k | $231k (exactly $230,736) | Axan Gray |
 | Friendly Steps | $7.99 | 232 65% | 7.0k | $56k (exactly $55,610) | KORO.GAMES | |
 | Driving Is Hard | $6.99 | 200 79% | 6.0k | $42k (exactly $41,940) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | Dangerous Mountain Together | $4.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Çağatay Demir, Doğukan Şahin | |
 | 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 |
 | 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 | |
 | Transporter | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Acid Pixel Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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