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Should I ship an Exploration Motorbike game?
Motorbike + Exploration
Only 12 developers shipped an Exploration Motorbike 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, Mon Bazou, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $38k against a market of $1.5k. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
|---|---|
| Median | $38k (exactly $38,276) |
| Top 25% | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) |
| Top 5% | $9.6M (exactly $9,556,583) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 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 11175% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Motorbike
- effort 7 / 10 · low · two-wheel physics and rider animation
- Exploration
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Motorbike, Exploration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 32,828 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Motorbike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + MotocrossLong shot
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + BikesPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Mon Bazou 2025 · $9.6M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
Laika: Aged Through Blood 2023 · $3.6M 
My Garage 2026 · $2.4M 
Finnish Cottage Simulator 2024 · EA · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mon Bazou | $15.99 | 19,922 97% | 598k | $9.6M (exactly $9,556,583) | Santa Goat | |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | Laika: Aged Through Blood | older | $19.99 | 5,938 91% | 178k | $3.6M (exactly $3,561,019) | Brainwash Gang |
| | My Garage | $19.99 | 4,010 90% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,404,797) | Viking Game Studio | |
| | Finnish Cottage Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 3,396 93% | 102k | $1.5M (exactly $1,527,181) | RANELA GAMES |
 | TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 | older | $49.99 | 653 76% | 20k | $979k (exactly $979,304) | Nacon Studio Milan |
 | TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge | older | $19.99 | 1,049 74% | 31k | $629k (exactly $629,085) | KT Racing |
 | GIRLS MADE PUDDING | $9.99 | 866 95% | 26k | $260k (exactly $259,540) | Kazuhide Oka | |
 | Car Dealer | older | $7.99 | 212 67% | 6.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | piratecat games |
 | Motorcycle Night Ride | · EA | $5.99 | 213 76% | 6.4k | $38k (exactly $38,276) | Suber Game Studio, Room Games |
 | Life in red line | · EA | $17.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | Pecha games |
 | Two Tired to Mountain | $5.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Peter Schwade | |
 | PicoMix by NuSan | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | NuSan, Potico Games | |
 | Trade Tycoon Life Simulator | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Reme Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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