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Should I ship a Trading Driving game?
Driving + Trading
Of 23 developers who shipped a Trading 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.. 48 more are announced, ×6.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $24k, ×38 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $5.8M, ×9388 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 48 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) |
|---|---|
| Median | $24k (exactly $23,906) |
| Top 25% | $303k (exactly $302,981) |
| Top 5% | $5.9M (exactly $5,895,651) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 48 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, Trading; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Simulation, Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 41,041 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.9k. 6 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.9 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
Car For Sale Simulator 2024 · $10M 
Car Dealer Simulator 2025 · $5.9M 
Storage Hunter Simulator 2025 · $2.9M 
My Garage 2026 · $2.4M 
Used Cars Simulator 2025 · EA · $688k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Car For Sale Simulator | $16.99 | 20,229 78% | 607k | $10M (exactly $10,310,721) | Red Axe Games | |
| | Car Dealer Simulator | $19.99 | 9,831 88% | 295k | $5.9M (exactly $5,895,651) | Garage Monkeys | |
| | Storage Hunter Simulator | $24.99 | 3,866 78% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) | Raccoons Studio | |
| | My Garage | $19.99 | 4,010 90% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) | Viking Game Studio | |
| | Used Cars Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 1,147 79% | 34k | $688k (exactly $687,856) | DreamWay Games |
 | Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina | older | $7.99 | 2,426 83% | 73k | $582k (exactly $581,512) | Targem Games |
 | Storage Hustle | · EA older | $11.99 | 1,508 70% | 45k | $542k (exactly $542,428) | Broken Clock |
 | Dustland Delivery | $7.99 | 1,264 88% | 38k | $303k (exactly $302,981) | Neutron Star Studio | |
 | Estate Agent Simulator | · EA older | $15.99 | 573 67% | 17k | $275k (exactly $274,868) | Kiki Games |
 | Taora : Survival | · EA older | $13.99 | 353 55% | 11k | $148k (exactly $148,154) | Tulpar Games |
 | Toy Shop Simulator | $16.99 | 187 79% | 5.6k | $95k (exactly $95,314) | PaperPixel Games | |
 | Dust Raiders | $15.99 | 160 64% | 4.8k | $77k (exactly $76,752) | Vixa Games | |
 | Rent A Car Simulator 24 | $12.99 | 154 53% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | 2MEDYA | |
 | Vending Machine Business Simulator | $8.99 | 193 74% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $52,052) | Crow Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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