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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Score Attack Driving game?

Driving + Score Attack

Of 77 developers who shipped a Score Attack 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.. 95 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×227 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 95 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 85% on the market, 95 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Driving + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 77
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $598 → $1.3k → $5.1k → $4.8k → $2.7k → $1.6k → $240 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Driving + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 77
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $4.0k (exactly $3,957)
Top 5% $143k (exactly $142,729)
Developers, 2 yr 77
Released games 184
Announced 95
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $7.99

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 85% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Driving, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Racing, Arcade, Action
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Funny
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 11,754 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $450, 1 in 4 over $3.9k, 1 in 20 over $140k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 95 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Split ScreenFair54 devs · median $6.0k · 56 announced
  2. + Psychological HorrorFair35 devs · median $5.9k · 43 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $5.5k · 18 announced
  4. + Survival HorrorFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  5. + World War IIFair8 devs · median $4.2k · 9 announced
  6. + MusicFair8 devs · median $2.4k · 10 announced
  7. + ThrillerFair18 devs · median $2.0k · 21 announced
  8. + Interactive FictionFair12 devs · median $1.2k · 13 announced
  9. + LogicFair30 devs · median $958 · 29 announced
  10. + Hidden ObjectFair26 devs · median $897 · 23 announced
  11. + Online Co-OpPoor odds82 devs · median $48k · 157 announced
  12. + AutomationPoor odds24 devs · median $44k · 36 announced

All 130 pairs on the Driving page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Assetto Corsa Rally 2025 · EA · $7.9M WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship 2020 · $1.8M Absolute Drift 2015 · $986k Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k Hotshot Racing 2020 · $782k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Assetto Corsa Rally · EA $29.99 8,757 87% 263k $7.9M (exactly $7,878,673) Supernova Games Studios
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship older $29.99 2,007 74% 60k $1.8M (exactly $1,805,698) KT Racing
Absolute Drift older $14.99 2,192 89% 66k $986k (exactly $985,742) Funselektor Labs Inc., FlippFly
Zombie Driver HD older $9.99 2,770 84% 83k $830k (exactly $830,169) Exor Studios
Hotshot Racing older $19.99 1,304 78% 39k $782k (exactly $782,009) Sumo Digital Ltd, Lucky Mountain Games
Driftwood $19.99 1,197 92% 36k $718k (exactly $717,841) Stoked Sloth Interactive
New Star™ GP older $9.99 1,143 92% 34k $343k (exactly $342,557) New Star Games Ltd.
Metro Simulator 2 older $14.99 674 65% 20k $303k (exactly $303,098) KishMish Games
You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition older $19.99 496 88% 15k $297k (exactly $297,451) Happy Volcano
Maniac older $4.99 1,754 90% 53k $263k (exactly $262,574) Transhuman Design
Torque Drift 2 · EA $19.99 376 62% 11k $225k (exactly $225,487) Grease Monkey Games
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! $19.99 238 83% 7.1k $143k (exactly $142,729) Strange Scaffold
GRIDROAD $9.99 385 82% 12k $115k (exactly $115,384) RAJACORP
Rosalie · EA $6.99 283 92% 8.5k $59k (exactly $59,345) Articho Games
Slip & Skid $12.99 141 97% 4.2k $55k (exactly $54,948) NHOGS Interactive
AI Learns To Drive $7.49 208 95% 6.2k $47k (exactly $46,738) ActivationFunction
Driveloop: Survivors · EA $9.99 96 76% 2.9k $29k (exactly $28,771) Stunbyte
REDLINE CROOKS $11.99 73 100% 2.2k $26k (exactly $26,258) Alexander Golke

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.