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Should I ship a Motorbike Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Motorbike
Only 11 developers shipped a Motorbike Immersive Sim 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, Sledders, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×8.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $16k against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $16,195) |
| Top 25% | $1.5M (exactly $1,527,181) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Motorbike
- effort 7 / 10 · low · two-wheel physics and rider animation
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Motorbike
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 12,098 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
MX Bikes 2019 · EA · $37M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
My Garage 2026 · $2.4M 
Finnish Cottage Simulator 2024 · EA · $1.5M 
Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021 · $948k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MX Bikes | · EA older | $34.99 | 35,684 94% | 1.1M | $37M (exactly $37,457,495) | PiBoSo |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | 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 |
| | Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $19.99 | 1,580 68% | 47k | $948k (exactly $947,526) | Play2Chill S.A. |
 | Model Builder: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,058 74% | 32k | $634k (exactly $634,483) | Moonlit S.A. |
 | Motorcycle Night Ride | · EA | $5.99 | 213 76% | 6.4k | $38k (exactly $38,276) | Suber Game Studio, Room Games |
 | Hell Road VR | older | $19.99 | 60 85% | 1.8k | $36k (exactly $35,982) | Travolab Replay |
 | Hazeron Starship | older | $19.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Hazeron Freehold LLC |
 | Wheelie City | $16.99 | 36 72% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,349) | Devora Studios | |
 | VRider SBK™ | $29.99 | 18 55% | 540 | $16k (exactly $16,195) | Funny Tales | |
 | Express Rider Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 46 65% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,406) | HatinBaba Game Studios |
 | Motor Racing Battle | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Liquid Meow | |
 | Man For Takeaway | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | zjf | |
 | 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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