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Should I ship a PvE Offroad game?
Offroad + PvE
Only 8 developers shipped a PvE Offroad 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, FUMES, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $5.0k against a market of $1.5k. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,189) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Offroad, PvE
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 3,450 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Offroad with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
Comparable games
FUMES 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Monster Jam™ Showdown 2024 · $319k 
OVERPASS™ 2021 · $94k 
GeneRally 2 2023 · EA · $49k 
RXC - Rally Cross Challenge 2022 · EA · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FUMES | · EA | $14.99 | 2,816 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) | FUMES team |
| | Monster Jam™ Showdown | older | $49.99 | 213 71% | 6.4k | $319k (exactly $319,436) | Milestone S.r.l. |
| | OVERPASS™ | older | $29.99 | 104 51% | 3.1k | $94k (exactly $93,569) | Zordix Racing |
| | GeneRally 2 | · EA older | $14.99 | 110 78% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,467) | Curious Chicken Games |
| | RXC - Rally Cross Challenge | · EA older | $19.99 | 73 90% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $43,778) | Gigabit Games |
 | N3Rally | · EA | $19.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | nae3apps |
 | Supermarket Shriek | older | $19.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Wide Open | · EA older | $19.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Talpidae |
 | SuperTrucks Offroad Racing | older | $9.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Meltdown Interactive Media |
 | WITHOUT A HITCH | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Codename Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Urban Shadows Racing™ Tokyo | $4.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TechRoar, TechRoarLex | |
 | MonoRace | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SIA BASE LOGIC | |
 | Boom Gear | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Asyynk Studios | |
 | Base Breakers | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Space Bacon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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