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Should I ship a Gun Customization Vehicular Combat game?
Gun Customization + Vehicular Combat
Only 18 developers shipped a Gun Customization Vehicular Combat 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, Forefront, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 74 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×2558 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 74 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,606,346) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 74 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 750% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, Vehicular Combat; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,116 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 74 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
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Comparable games
From the Depths 2020 · $8.3M 
Sprocket 2021 · EA · $7.4M 
SAND LAND 2024 · $1.8M 
Forefront 2026 · $1.6M 
Vox Machinae 2022 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | From the Depths | older | $24.99 | 11,059 89% | 332k | $8.3M (exactly $8,290,932) | Brilliant Skies Ltd. |
| | Sprocket | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,336 92% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,397,899) | Hamish Dunn |
| | SAND LAND | older | $59.99 | 1,018 86% | 31k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,095) | ILCA, Inc. |
| | Forefront | $27.99 | 1,913 84% | 57k | $1.6M (exactly $1,606,346) | Triangle Factory | |
| | Vox Machinae | older | $29.99 | 1,177 87% | 35k | $1.1M (exactly $1,058,947) | Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation |
 | Aggressor | · EA older | $19.99 | 172 61% | 5.2k | $103k (exactly $103,148) | Flashpoint Studios |
 | In The Black | · EA | $19.99 | 84 72% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Impeller Studios |
 | Relic Odyssey : Ruins Of Xantao | · EA older | $14.99 | 88 97% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Honour Bound Game Studios Inc. |
 | Hell Road VR | older | $19.99 | 60 85% | 1.8k | $36k (exactly $35,982) | Travolab Replay |
 | Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam | · EA | $14.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Polygon Art |
 | Vehicle No. 4 | $6.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | indiejoh | |
 | Gears of Glory | $5.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Broken Tooth Studios | |
 | Assault Commander Rearmed | $11.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | VTDev Informatikai Kft. | |
 | DRFT | $2.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Big Bang Studio | |
 | Robot Fury: Mech Combat Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Arena Breakers | · EA | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | RongeGames |
 | Mk50TWL Vehicle Battler Custom Slider | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | TimberWoodLumber Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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