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Should I ship a Split Screen Offroad game?
Offroad + Split Screen
Only 6 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, Old School Rally, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $160k against a market of $1.5k. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
|---|---|
| Median | $165k (exactly $164,942) |
| Top 25% | $292k (exactly $291,527) |
| Top 5% | $835k (exactly $834,737) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Offroad, Split Screen
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 61,044 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $11k. 3 games are announced against 2 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
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019 · $23M 
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship 2017 · $7.3M 
MX vs. ATV Reflex 2010 · $1.7M 
MX vs ATV All Out 2018 · $1.6M 
Old School Rally 2025 · $835k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DiRT Rally 2.0 | older | $19.99 | 39,091 89% | 1.2M | $23M (exactly $23,442,873) | Codemasters |
| | WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $19.99 | 12,146 82% | 364k | $7.3M (exactly $7,283,956) | KT Racing |
| | MX vs. ATV Reflex | older | $19.99 | 2,904 88% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,741,529) | Rainbow Studios, THQ Nordic |
| | MX vs ATV All Out | older | $39.99 | 1,332 81% | 40k | $1.6M (exactly $1,598,000) | Rainbow Studios |
| | Old School Rally | $12.99 | 2,142 89% | 64k | $835k (exactly $834,737) | Frozen Lake Games | |
 | Dakar 18 | older | $29.99 | 828 69% | 25k | $745k (exactly $744,952) | Bigmoon Entertainment |
 | V-Rally 4 | older | $29.99 | 712 72% | 21k | $641k (exactly $640,586) | KT Racing |
 | WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship | older | $14.99 | 1,284 73% | 39k | $577k (exactly $577,415) | KT Racing |
 | BAJA: Edge of Control HD | older | $29.99 | 392 82% | 12k | $353k (exactly $352,682) | 2XL Games, Blitworks |
 | Monster Jam™ Showdown | older | $49.99 | 213 71% | 6.4k | $319k (exactly $319,436) | Milestone S.r.l. |
 | World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Gold Edition | $39.99 | 243 89% | 7.3k | $292k (exactly $291,527) | Monster Games, Amber | |
 | ReCharge RC: High Voltage | · EA | $13.99 | 393 95% | 12k | $165k (exactly $164,942) | Hondune Games |
 | BeaterCore | $9.99 | 322 82% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | Artem Arbatsky | |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Urban Shadows Racing™ Tokyo | $4.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TechRoar, TechRoarLex |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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