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Should I ship a Military Racing game?
Racing + Military
Only 5 developers shipped a Military Racing 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, SimplePlanes 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $30k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30k (exactly $29,680) |
| Top 25% | $218k (exactly $218,345) |
| Top 5% | $789k (exactly $789,205) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 13,388 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Auto BattlerFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + City BuilderLong shot
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
SimplePlanes 2015 · $3.8M 
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator 2022 · $2.5M 
SimplePlanes 2 2026 · EA · $789k 
Tour de France 2025 2025 · $218k 
SimplePlanes VR 2021 · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SimplePlanes | older | $12.99 | 9,811 93% | 294k | $3.8M (exactly $3,823,347) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator | older | $59.99 | 1,400 89% | 42k | $2.5M (exactly $2,519,580) | IPACS |
| | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
| | Tour de France 2025 | $39.99 | 182 77% | 5.5k | $218k (exactly $218,345) | Cyanide Studio | |
| | SimplePlanes VR | older | $9.99 | 175 86% | 5.3k | $52k (exactly $52,448) | Jundroo, LLC |
 | Dieselpunk Wars | older | $14.99 | 116 55% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $52,165) | Image Power S.A., Roasted Games |
 | Agent Horny - Season 1 | $14.99 | 66 75% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Mr.CreepGames | |
 | KILLRUN | older | $4.99 | 153 67% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | BULKHEAD |
 | Commando Hero | older | $2.99 | 146 85% | 4.4k | $13k (exactly $13,096) | Montee Games |
 | Off-Road: Redneck Racing | older | $7.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group |
 | Cube City Capital | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | TenGames Oy | |
 | SSS-FPV | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 无敌飞行员 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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