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Driving + Puzzle Platformer
Only 14 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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, WheelMates, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×474 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) |
| Top 5% | $297k (exactly $297,451) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 3D Platformer, Adventure, Physics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Funny, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,432 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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
FAR: Lone Sails 2018 · $11M 
WheelMates 2026 · $297k 
JellyCar Worlds 2022 · $242k 
Youropa 2018 · $130k 
OVERPASS™ 2021 · $94k | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Youropa | older | $14.99 | 288 93% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | frecle |
| | OVERPASS™ | older | $29.99 | 104 51% | 3.1k | $94k (exactly $93,569) | Zordix Racing |
 | Chained Wheels | $4.99 | 619 69% | 19k | $93k (exactly $92,664) | Karga Games | |
 | Mugsters | older | $19.99 | 70 67% | 2.1k | $42k (exactly $41,979) | Reinkout Games |
 | Driving Is Hard | $6.99 | 200 79% | 6.0k | $42k (exactly $41,940) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | World of Contraptions | older | $9.99 | 89 86% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | JCP Games Studio |
 | Forklift Extreme: Deluxe Edition | older | $9.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Last Man Gaming |
 | Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game | · EA | $4.99 | 65 89% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | BiG INC. CO. LLC. |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | Human Parking Simulator | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | NewAtlantisGameStudio | |
 | Arrive In Time | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Hade Games | |
 | SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | a trip by daniel bock | |
 | Park It! | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | FunFlow | |
 | Jumping Eras | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Michi Soul Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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