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Racing + God Game
Only 3 developers shipped a God Game Racing game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 5 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) |
| Top 5% | $760k (exactly $760,420) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, God Game
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 6 games average 91% positive over 1,703 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Marble World 2022 · $760k 
AI Learns To Drive 2026 · $47k 
Meddl Dash 2024 · $6.5k 
Creative Continents 2023 · $300 
DRIFTHUB 2023 · $178 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marble World | older | $19.99 | 1,268 89% | 38k | $760k (exactly $760,420) | Vector Interactive |
| | AI Learns To Drive | $7.49 | 208 95% | 6.2k | $47k (exactly $46,738) | ActivationFunction | |
| | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
| | Creative Continents | older | $5.00 | 2 100% | 60 | $300 (exactly $300) | Oranje 44 |
| | DRIFTHUB | older | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Mevlut kart |
 | No Exit : Torments of Hell | older | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | GameDev_ToolMaker |
 | Mortality | $69.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 臻新 | |
 | Interpret | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 臻新 | |
 | Quantum Tank | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 夜行者 | |
 | Teacher of prophecy | older | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Teacher of prophecy |
 | Eye of death | older | $29.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Eye of death |
 | Dream fish | older | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dream fish |
 | Assassin's Belief | · EA older | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Assassin's Belief |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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