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Should I ship a Nature Transportation game?
Transportation + Nature
Only 12 developers shipped a Nature Transportation 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, RoadCraft, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.6k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $16M, ×25841 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.6k (exactly $8,630) |
| Top 25% | $113k (exactly $113,205) |
| Top 5% | $16M (exactly $16,228,342) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Transportation
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 16,033 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Transportation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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 
Eco 2018 · EA · $10M 
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game 2024 · $3.6M 
The Legend of Khiimori 2026 · EA · $1.7M 
Station to Station 2023 · $669k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RoadCraft | $39.99 | 13,527 74% | 406k | $16M (exactly $16,228,342) | Saber Interactive | |
| | Eco | · EA older | $29.99 | 11,375 80% | 341k | $10M (exactly $10,234,088) | Strange Loop Games |
| | Expeditions: A MudRunner Game | older | $39.99 | 3,000 59% | 90k | $3.6M (exactly $3,599,100) | Saber Interactive |
| | The Legend of Khiimori | · EA | $29.99 | 1,929 82% | 58k | $1.7M (exactly $1,735,521) | Aesir Interactive, NightinGames |
| | Station to Station | older | $17.99 | 1,239 89% | 37k | $669k (exactly $668,688) | Galaxy Grove |
 | Factory Town 2: Paradise | · EA | $24.99 | 151 89% | 4.5k | $113k (exactly $113,205) | Erik Asmussen |
 | Please Fix The Road | older | $9.99 | 261 77% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $78,222) | ARIELEK |
 | Neon Curves Racing | $12.99 | 92 94% | 2.8k | $36k (exactly $35,852) | Ghost Machine | |
 | Short Trip | $1.99 | 280 98% | 8.4k | $17k (exactly $16,716) | Alexander Perrin | |
 | Costa Verde Transport Department | older | $9.99 | 37 72% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Nikita Lisitsa |
 | Build For Sale Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 32 46% | 960 | $8.6k (exactly $8,630) | Paragon Game Studio |
 | Storm Horse Simulator | $9.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | INDIE FORGE STUDIOS S.R.L. | |
 | Offroad Frontiers | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nentori Software LLC | |
 | Esqapes: Voyages | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | AVCV | |
 | L.A.W Transporter | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Butter Fly Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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