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Should I ship a War Driving game?
Driving + War
Only 14 developers shipped a War 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, Call to Arms: Panzer Elite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $480 (exactly $480) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 up 260% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Simulation, Destruction
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Realistic, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 2,798 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Driving with a different setting or mood, 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
Mad Max 2015 · $35M 
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
Need for Speed™ Rivals 2020 · $5.6M 
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite 2025 · EA · $1.7M 
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mad Max | older | $19.99 | 57,651 91% | 1.7M | $35M (exactly $34,573,305) | Avalanche Studios |
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | Need for Speed™ Rivals | older | $19.99 | 9,265 76% | 278k | $5.6M (exactly $5,556,220) | Criterion Games |
| | Call to Arms: Panzer Elite | · EA | $29.99 | 1,927 69% | 58k | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) | Digitalmindsoft |
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
 | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 635 32% | 19k | $381k (exactly $380,809) | Gattai Games |
 | Apewar | · EA older | $0.99 | 6,890 92% | 207k | $205k (exactly $204,633) | Radatomic Studios |
 | NecroVisioN: Lost Company | older | $6.99 | 464 73% | 14k | $97k (exactly $97,301) | The Farm 51 |
 | Poly Squad | · EA older | $4.99 | 316 49% | 9.5k | $47k (exactly $47,305) | OXO Games |
 | Real RC: Flight Simulator Aircraft Remote Control 2026 | $29.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $2.7k (exactly $2,699) | Thetis Games | |
 | Echo Wars - Road Rage | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Ivanovich Games | |
 | Subzero Stealth | · EA | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Verona Interactive |
 | IRON SIGHT | · EA | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Blackmonkgaming |
 | Royale Battle | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ebc studios | |
 | Cartel | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ren studios | |
 | Forged In Fury | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Henrik Holm | |
 | Drone Fire | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | QplusQ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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