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Should I ship an On-Rails Shooter Vehicular Combat game?
Vehicular Combat + On-Rails Shooter
Only 11 developers shipped an On-Rails Shooter Vehicular Combat 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, ROGUE FLIGHT, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 200% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $360 (exactly $360) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,190) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,316) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 200% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 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
- Vehicular Combat, On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 78% positive over 571 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Vehicular Combat with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Looter ShooterFair
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real Time TacticsPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
ROGUE FLIGHT 2024 · $167k 
Wild Blue Skies 2026 · $113k 
Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific 2023 · $76k 
Miner's Mettle 2021 · $54k 
Agent Intercept 2021 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROGUE FLIGHT | $19.99 | 279 96% | 8.4k | $167k (exactly $167,316) | Truant Pixel, LLC | |
| | Wild Blue Skies | $14.99 | 251 58% | 7.5k | $113k (exactly $112,875) | Chuhai Labs, VITEI BACKROOM Inc. | |
| | Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific | older | $9.99 | 255 78% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | AIx2 Games |
| | Miner's Mettle | older | $24.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Singular Scheme |
| | Agent Intercept | older | $9.99 | 148 85% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,356) | PikPok |
 | Astrodogs | older | $12.99 | 71 80% | 2.1k | $28k (exactly $27,669) | Dynamic Media Triad |
 | FUR Squadron Phoenix | $19.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Raptor Claw | |
 | Void Source | older | $4.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | Xitilon, Lovixsama |
 | FUR Squadron | older | $6.99 | 64 79% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,421) | Raptor Claw |
 | HORIZON VANGUARD | older | $14.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | David "Tain" Williams |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Dwarven Rails | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kogekisaru | |
 | Tunnel Assault | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Crazy Retro Games | |
 | HYPERDRIVE | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Archon | |
 | Wayfarer Colony: Veylan | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | burnedalarmstudio | |
 | Turning The Tide | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Funky Monkey Games | |
 | IcoNick Duster - Planets Defender | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ima shouganai |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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