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Should I ship a Modern-Day Transportation game?
Transportation + Modern
Of 21 developers who shipped a Modern-Day Transportation game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.7k, ×7.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $790k, ×1269 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 28 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $45,205) |
| Top 5% | $797k (exactly $797,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Transportation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Transportation; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Sandbox, Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 15,661 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.9k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Transportation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + PvPFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + RacingFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + LogicFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
Comparable games
RoadCraft 2025 · $16M 
InfraSpace 2023 · $1.2M 
Citystate II 2021 · $823k 
Bus Bound 2026 · $797k 
Train Sim World® 7 2026 · $417k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RoadCraft | $39.99 | 13,527 74% | 406k | $16M (exactly $16,228,342) | Saber Interactive | |
| | InfraSpace | older | $24.99 | 1,638 82% | 49k | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,009) | Dionic Software |
| | Citystate II | older | $24.99 | 1,098 73% | 33k | $823k (exactly $823,171) | Andy Sztark |
| | Bus Bound | $29.99 | 886 72% | 27k | $797k (exactly $797,134) | stillalive studios | |
| | Train Sim World® 7 | $49.99 | 278 74% | 8.3k | $417k (exactly $416,917) | Dovetail Games | |
 | Transport INC | older | $11.99 | 1,014 69% | 30k | $365k (exactly $364,736) | DIGIFOX |
 | Worldwide Rush | $19.99 | 559 77% | 17k | $335k (exactly $335,232) | Memel Games | |
 | Delivery INC | older | $14.99 | 257 71% | 7.7k | $116k (exactly $115,573) | DIGIFOX |
 | Technicity | older | $17.99 | 200 75% | 6.0k | $108k (exactly $107,940) | Osaris Games |
 | Mega Mall Story | older | $8.99 | 302 94% | 9.1k | $81k (exactly $81,449) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Terminal One | $19.99 | 96 66% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | Terminal Reality | |
 | Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon | $12.99 | 116 64% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $45,205) | Aquila Chengdu | |
 | Jeepney Simulator 2 | $8.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $32k (exactly $32,094) | Spacezero Interactive | |
 | Parking in Tight Spaces | $9.99 | 40 77% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Hungry Devs | |
 | Speed Demons 2 | $14.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Radiangames | |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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