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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Vehicular Combat game?
Vehicular Combat + Multiple Endings
Only 12 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Vehicular Combat 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, ROGUE FLIGHT, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×266 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 25% | $80k (exactly $80,496) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,316) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 35% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Vehicular Combat, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 757 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Vehicular Combat with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real Time TacticsPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
ROGUE FLIGHT 2024 · $167k 
Wild Blue Skies 2026 · $113k 
Snow Ash 2026 · $80k 
Dead End City 2022 · $18k 
HORIZON VANGUARD 2020 · $9.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROGUE FLIGHT | $19.99 | 279 96% | 8.4k | $167k (exactly $167,316) | Truant Pixel, LLC | |
| | Wild Blue Skies | $14.99 | 251 58% | 7.5k | $113k (exactly $112,875) | Chuhai Labs, VITEI BACKROOM Inc. | |
| | Snow Ash | $14.99 | 179 73% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Ember Studio | |
| | Dead End City | older | $14.99 | 39 92% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Pixel Licker LLC |
| | HORIZON VANGUARD | older | $14.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | David "Tain" Williams |
 | Drift Reign | older | $5.99 | 47 55% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | PublishMe Agency Limited |
 | Into the M.A.W. | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Moonrise Studios | |
 | Rush Rush Rally Reloaded | older | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Senile Team |
 | Dr. Trolley's Problem | older | $4.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Wero |
 | Destination Gemini | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Hubert Cachat | |
 | Snowscape | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Cosnow, Yim Sang Woo, parser, MEADOWS95 | |
 | The Chaser's Voyage | $19.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Bright at Midnight: A Game Studio | |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Doom Drive | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Berk Kalfa | |
 | Stacey's Demise - A Prequel to I FORGOT TO TAKE THE CHICKEN OUT OF THE FREEZER | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yomen Tohmaz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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