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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Split Screen Driving game?

Driving + Split Screen

Of 54 developers who shipped a Split Screen 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.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $6.0k, ×9.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.8k. Revenue is up 25% on the market; 56 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 9.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 25% on the market, 56 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Driving + Split Screen
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 54
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $12k → $7.2k → $10k → $28k → $3.6k → $5.7k → $6.0k (still earning) → $14k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Driving + Split Screen: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 54
Bottom 30% $1.8k (exactly $1,799)
Median $6.0k (exactly $5,992)
Top 25% $54k (exactly $53,973)
Top 5% $888k (exactly $887,822)
Developers, 2 yr 54
Released games 192
Announced 56
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 25% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, 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
Split Screen
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium 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, Split Screen; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Racing, Arcade, PvP
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Funny
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 41,938 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.8k, median $6.0k, 1 in 4 over $53k, 1 in 20 over $880k.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 7 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 29 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. + Psychological HorrorFair35 devs · median $5.9k · 43 announced
  2. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $5.5k · 18 announced
  3. + Survival HorrorFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  4. + World War IIFair8 devs · median $4.2k · 9 announced
  5. + MusicFair8 devs · median $2.4k · 10 announced
  6. + ThrillerFair18 devs · median $2.0k · 21 announced
  7. + Interactive FictionFair12 devs · median $1.2k · 13 announced
  8. + LogicFair30 devs · median $958 · 29 announced
  9. + Hidden ObjectFair26 devs · median $897 · 23 announced
  10. + Online Co-OpPoor odds82 devs · median $48k · 157 announced
  11. + AutomationPoor odds24 devs · median $44k · 36 announced
  12. + TrainsPoor odds24 devs · median $39k · 29 announced

All 130 pairs on the Driving page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Need for Speed™ Heat 2020 · $271M Need for Speed™ Unbound 2022 · $105M F1® 25 2025 · $38M DiRT Rally 2.0 2019 · $23M Need for Speed™ 2020 · $23M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Need for Speed™ Heat older $69.99 128,933 84% 3.9M $271M (exactly $270,720,620) Ghost Games
Need for Speed™ Unbound older $69.99 49,862 61% 1.5M $105M (exactly $104,695,241) Criterion Games
F1® 25 $49.99 25,395 87% 762k $38M (exactly $38,084,882) Codemasters
DiRT Rally 2.0 older $19.99 39,091 89% 1.2M $23M (exactly $23,442,873) Codemasters
Need for Speed™ older $29.99 25,443 69% 763k $23M (exactly $22,891,067) Ghost Games
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted older $19.99 25,197 77% 756k $15M (exactly $15,110,641) Criterion Games
RIDE 4 older $39.99 9,921 83% 298k $12M (exactly $11,902,224) Milestone S.r.l.
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection older $35.01 7,125 23% 214k $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) Aspyr
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship older $19.99 12,146 82% 364k $7.3M (exactly $7,283,956) KT Racing
Need for Speed™ Rivals older $19.99 9,265 76% 278k $5.6M (exactly $5,556,220) Criterion Games
Easy Delivery Co. $12.99 9,538 95% 286k $3.7M (exactly $3,716,959) Sam C
Screamer $59.99 1,039 80% 31k $1.9M (exactly $1,869,888) Milestone S.r.l.
MotoGP™25 $49.99 592 74% 18k $888k (exactly $887,822) Milestone S.r.l.
Old School Rally $12.99 2,142 89% 64k $835k (exactly $834,737) Frozen Lake Games
Super Woden: Rally Edge $12.99 1,552 96% 47k $605k (exactly $604,814) ViJuDa
Wreckreation $39.99 360 63% 11k $432k (exactly $431,892) Three Fields Entertainment
MotoGP™26 $59.99 225 64% 6.8k $405k (exactly $404,932) Milestone S.r.l.
Victory Heat Rally $19.99 599 88% 18k $359k (exactly $359,220) Skydevilpalm
WheelMates $19.99 496 75% 15k $297k (exactly $297,451) Firevolt

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