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Should I ship a Transportation Offroad game?
Offroad + Transportation
Only 10 developers shipped a Transportation 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, Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $89k, ×60 the market median. Revenue is up 1025% on the market; 26 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
| Top 5% | $90k (exactly $89,955) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 up 1025% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Transportation
- 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, Transportation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 59% positive over 247 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 26 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game 2024 · $3.6M 
Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths 2026 · $90k 
Eggcelerate! 2021 · $19k 
Virtual Driving School 2026 · $19k 
Brave Deeds of Rescue Team 2022 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Expeditions: A MudRunner Game | older | $39.99 | 3,000 59% | 90k | $3.6M (exactly $3,599,100) | Saber Interactive |
| | Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths | $19.99 | 150 60% | 4.5k | $90k (exactly $89,955) | Atomic Jelly | |
| | Eggcelerate! | older | $9.99 | 65 93% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Tim Beaudet, Tyre Bytes LLC |
| | Virtual Driving School | $19.99 | 32 37% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | CGA Simulation | |
| | Brave Deeds of Rescue Team | older | $8.99 | 47 85% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,676) | Game Mixer |
 | Offroad: Dead Planet | · EA older | $19.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Rune Turtle |
 | WITHOUT A HITCH | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Codename Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Apocalypse Truck Simulator | $9.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Festival of Delusion | |
 | TOP TRUCK DRIVER | older | $9.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Car Tuning Simulator | older | $0.99 | 129 47% | 3.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,831) | Boom Games |
 | ADRIFT | $12.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | S . K . 9 . 8 | |
 | Bus Simulator Offroad | $7.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Nitx Games | |
 | Offroad Frontiers | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nentori Software LLC | |
 | Autos | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Leedo Studio | |
 | Tractor Driving Simulator | $1.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Nitx Games | |
 | 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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