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Should I ship a Score Attack Offroad game?
Offroad + Score Attack
Only 7 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, NEODRIVE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $89 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 5% | $674 (exactly $674) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Offroad
- effort 7 / 10 · low · terrain and suspension physics
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Offroad, Score Attack
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $5.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 2,175 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship 2020 · $1.8M 
Car Drive 2021 · $19k 
SuperSpec Rallycross 2024 · $17k 
Down Fast VR 2022 · EA · $6.5k 
Escape from Nowhere 2021 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $29.99 | 2,007 74% | 60k | $1.8M (exactly $1,805,698) | KT Racing |
| | Car Drive | older | $44.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $19k (exactly $18,896) | kovalevviktor |
| | SuperSpec Rallycross | older | $9.99 | 57 96% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Volume Games |
| | Down Fast VR | · EA older | $11.99 | 18 27% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | HomeBrewGames |
| | Escape from Nowhere | older | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | PancakeGames |
 | Police Chase | older | $2.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) | Studio Inward |
 | Hero Express | older | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Highwalls |
 | Simple Rally | older | $3.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Bundem Games |
 | Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 5 - Collector's Edition | older | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Avi Games |
 | Rocky Ride | older | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Evgeny Cherepov |
 | NEODRIVE | · EA | $4.49 | 5 100% | 150 | $674 (exactly $674) | sevencrane |
 | Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 11 Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Avi Games | |
 | Truck Titans | · EA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Outlaw Games |
 | MonoRace | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SIA BASE LOGIC | |
 | The Sunset Land | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rendara | |
 | Base Breakers | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Space Bacon | |
 | NitroRun: Off-Road Rush | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Iron Grid Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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