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Should I ship a Vehicular Combat Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Vehicular Combat
Only 19 developers shipped a Vehicular Combat 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, IRON REBELLION, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 43 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.1k, ×2.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $570k, ×386 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 43 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,375) |
| Top 5% | $579k (exactly $578,768) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 down 80% on the market, supply 100% more 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
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Vehicular Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Simulation, Tactical
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,819 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 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
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017 · $32M 
Gunner, HEAT, PC! 2022 · EA · $6.8M 
Warbox 2021 · EA · $1.0M 
ΔV: Rings of Saturn 2023 · $863k 
IRON REBELLION 2024 · $579k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | older | $24.99 | 42,381 87% | 1.3M | $32M (exactly $31,773,036) | Antimatter Games, Tripwire Interactive |
| | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | · EA older | $29.99 | 7,603 91% | 228k | $6.8M (exactly $6,840,419) | Radian Simulations LLC |
| | Warbox | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,430 55% | 103k | $1.0M (exactly $1,027,971) | Mantaliss |
| | ΔV: Rings of Saturn | older | $9.99 | 2,880 93% | 86k | $863k (exactly $863,136) | Kodera Software |
| | IRON REBELLION | $24.99 | 772 84% | 23k | $579k (exactly $578,768) | Black Beach Studio | |
 | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | Touge Shakai | · EA older | $14.99 | 1,107 85% | 33k | $498k (exactly $497,818) | Raiyon Studios Pte Ltd |
 | Project Gunship | · EA older | $14.99 | 836 75% | 25k | $376k (exactly $375,949) | Sklorite Studios LLC |
 | Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator | · EA older | $29.99 | 356 47% | 11k | $320k (exactly $320,293) | Sim155 Limited |
 | Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | $5.99 | 640 79% | 19k | $115k (exactly $115,008) | Stellar Stone | |
 | Sherman Commander | $29.99 | 117 64% | 3.5k | $105k (exactly $105,265) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. | |
 | In The Black | · EA | $19.99 | 84 72% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Impeller Studios |
 | PATLABOR the Case Files | $34.99 | 47 65% | 1.4k | $49k (exactly $49,336) | Chime | |
 | Baking Bad | · EA | $10.99 | 123 32% | 3.7k | $41k (exactly $40,553) | FunkyArmor |
 | Jeepney Simulator 2 | $8.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $32k (exactly $32,094) | Spacezero Interactive | |
 | Periapsis: Eclipse | · EA | $14.99 | 53 71% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Skytrellis Games |
 | Agony Increment | $7.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Parish Softworks |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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