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Should I ship an On-Rails Shooter Racing game?
Racing + On-Rails Shooter
Only 2 developers shipped an On-Rails Shooter Racing game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 5 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.8k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) |
| Top 5% | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 832 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 11 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
New Retro Arcade: Neon 2016 · $347k 
Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever 2021 · $37k 
Rocket Skates VR 2021 · $16k 
Bike Rush 2018 · $9.1k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | New Retro Arcade: Neon | older | $19.99 | 579 78% | 17k | $347k (exactly $347,226) | Digital Cybercherries |
| | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
| | Rocket Skates VR | older | $9.99 | 53 81% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,884) | EpiXR Games UG |
| | Bike Rush | older | $4.99 | 61 44% | 1.8k | $9.1k (exactly $9,132) | Axyos Games |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | Grid Ranger | $3.99 | 32 84% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Pixeljam | |
 | Connor | older | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | MoonShine Games |
 | Blind Shot | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Pixel Trapps |
 | Rooftop Renegade | older | $17.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | Melonhead Games Pty Ltd |
 | Echo Wars - Road Rage | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Ivanovich Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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