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Should I ship a Time Management Driving game?
Driving + Time Management
Of 48 developers who shipped a Time Management 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.. 77 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×442 the market median. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 77 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $657 (exactly $657) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,156) |
| Top 5% | $277k (exactly $277,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 108 |
| Announced | 77 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 180% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Time Management
- 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, Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 10,313 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 77 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Bus 2026 · $9.4M 
F1® Manager 2024 2024 · $5.8M 
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship 2021 · $4.0M 
WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship 2021 · $3.3M 
Ships At Sea 2024 · EA · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Bus | $39.99 | 7,831 73% | 235k | $9.4M (exactly $9,394,851) | TML-Studios | |
| | F1® Manager 2024 | older | $34.99 | 5,554 83% | 167k | $5.8M (exactly $5,830,034) | Frontier Developments |
| | WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $49.99 | 2,657 73% | 80k | $4.0M (exactly $3,984,703) | KT Racing |
| | WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $29.99 | 3,642 77% | 109k | $3.3M (exactly $3,276,707) | KT Racing |
| | Ships At Sea | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,479 69% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,858,506) | Misc Games |
 | WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $29.99 | 2,007 74% | 60k | $1.8M (exactly $1,805,698) | KT Racing |
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 | GT Manager | $24.99 | 236 71% | 7.1k | $177k (exactly $176,929) | THE TINY DIGITAL FACTORY, IMV STUDIO | |
 | Rally Mechanic Simulator | $17.99 | 195 69% | 5.9k | $105k (exactly $105,241) | Play2Chill S.A., Atomic Jelly | |
 | Train Valley Origins | $11.95 | 266 75% | 8.0k | $95k (exactly $95,361) | Flazm | |
 | Food Delivery Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 302 77% | 9.1k | $72k (exactly $72,389) | Black Sea Studios |
 | Business Simulator 2026 | · EA | $11.99 | 178 74% | 5.3k | $64k (exactly $64,027) | HOGO Games |
 | PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 209 98% | 6.3k | $44k (exactly $43,827) | Simple Software Solutions |
 | Tipston Salvage | $16.99 | 80 97% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $40,776) | Pontus Karlsson |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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