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Should I ship an Offroad Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Offroad
Only 14 developers shipped an Offroad 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.. 32 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $19k, ×13 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.9M, ×2626 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
|---|---|
| Median | $19k (exactly $19,190) |
| Top 25% | $159k (exactly $158,920) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply 35% more 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.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Offroad
- effort 7 / 10 · low · terrain and suspension physics
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Offroad; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Driving, Simulation, Physics
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 6,606 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.5k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
MX Bikes 2019 · EA · $37M 
Gunner, HEAT, PC! 2022 · EA · $6.8M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M 
Pure Rock Crawling 2024 · $581k 
ReCharge RC: High Voltage 2025 · EA · $165k | 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 |
| | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | · EA older | $29.99 | 7,603 91% | 228k | $6.8M (exactly $6,840,419) | Radian Simulations LLC |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
| | Pure Rock Crawling | $14.99 | 1,291 83% | 39k | $581k (exactly $580,563) | Maciej Kuzianik | |
| | ReCharge RC: High Voltage | · EA | $13.99 | 393 95% | 12k | $165k (exactly $164,942) | Hondune Games |
 | Rancher: A new life | · EA | $19.99 | 265 64% | 8.0k | $159k (exactly $158,920) | Sim Farm S.A. |
 | Offroad Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 238 71% | 7.1k | $143k (exactly $142,729) | Image Power S.A., GameFormatic S.A. |
 | Offroad Truck Simulator: Heavy Duty Challenge® | older | $29.99 | 111 50% | 3.3k | $100k (exactly $99,867) | Nano Games |
 | Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths | $19.99 | 150 60% | 4.5k | $90k (exactly $89,955) | Atomic Jelly | |
 | Offroad Mania | older | $7.99 | 367 94% | 11k | $88k (exactly $87,970) | Active Games |
 | I Want to Believe | $16.99 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $24k (exactly $23,956) | Fang's Lab | |
 | Virtual Driving School | $19.99 | 32 37% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | CGA Simulation | |
 | Eco Volunteer | $11.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Scope Creepers | |
 | Designated Driver Simulator | · EA | $17.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | PostSIM |
 | Apocalypse Truck Simulator | $9.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Festival of Delusion |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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