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Should I ship a Nature Racing game?
Racing + Nature
Of 54 developers who shipped a Nature Racing 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.. 86 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $580k, ×924 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 86 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $581k (exactly $580,563) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 54 |
| Released games | 165 |
| Announced | 86 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Character Customization, Physics
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 5,858 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 86 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CapitalismStrong odds
- + ModernFair
- + TransportationFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Grand StrategyFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + City BuilderLong shot
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
SnowRunner 2021 · $42M 
Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition 2020 · $4.5M 
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game 2024 · $3.6M 
Lonely Mountains: Downhill 2019 · $1.6M 
RIDE 6 2026 · $988k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SnowRunner | older | $29.99 | 46,343 90% | 1.4M | $42M (exactly $41,694,797) | Saber Interactive |
| | Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition | older | $29.99 | 5,032 91% | 151k | $4.5M (exactly $4,527,290) | PikPok |
| | Expeditions: A MudRunner Game | older | $39.99 | 3,000 59% | 90k | $3.6M (exactly $3,599,100) | Saber Interactive |
| | Lonely Mountains: Downhill | older | $19.99 | 2,741 89% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,643,778) | Megagon Industries |
| | RIDE 6 | $59.99 | 549 68% | 16k | $988k (exactly $988,035) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | Driftwood | $19.99 | 1,197 92% | 36k | $718k (exactly $717,841) | Stoked Sloth Interactive | |
 | Kayak VR: Mirage | older | $22.99 | 1,006 82% | 30k | $694k (exactly $693,838) | Better Than Life |
 | Pure Rock Crawling | $14.99 | 1,291 83% | 39k | $581k (exactly $580,563) | Maciej Kuzianik | |
 | Bobo Bay | $24.99 | 770 95% | 23k | $577k (exactly $577,269) | NewFutureKids | |
 | Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders | $24.99 | 749 91% | 22k | $562k (exactly $561,525) | Megagon Industries | |
 | Unbridled: That Horse Game | · EA | $24.99 | 487 85% | 15k | $365k (exactly $365,104) | Mind Evotion Games |
 | Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens | $14.99 | 179 95% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Mushreb Games | |
 | Bar After Bar | $6.99 | 331 87% | 9.9k | $69k (exactly $69,411) | OneMan Tim | |
 | Motorcycle Night Ride | · EA | $5.99 | 213 76% | 6.4k | $38k (exactly $38,276) | Suber Game Studio, Room Games |
 | Neon Curves Racing | $12.99 | 92 94% | 2.8k | $36k (exactly $35,852) | Ghost Machine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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