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Should I ship a Parkour Racing game?

Parkour + Racing

Of 145 developers who shipped a Parkour Racing game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 179 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 179 games are announced against 85 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 179 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Racing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 145
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $359 → $1.2k → $1.2k → $449 → $898 → $299 → $300 (still earning) → $898 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Racing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 145
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $480 (exactly $480)
Top 25% $3.5k (exactly $3,471)
Top 5% $54k (exactly $54,491)
Developers, 2 yr 145
Released games 418
Announced 179
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $4.99

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 down 10% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Racing
effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Parkour, Racing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Funny
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 17,774 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $480, 1 in 4 over $3.4k, 1 in 20 over $54k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 86 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 179 games are announced against 85 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Walking SimulatorFair38 devs · median $719 · 32 announced
  2. + Combat RacingFair26 devs · median $719 · 23 announced
  3. + Precision PlatformerLong shot310 devs · median $359 · 293 announced
  4. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  5. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  6. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  8. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  9. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  10. + CatsPoor odds15 devs · median $3.1k · 18 announced
  11. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  12. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014 · $42M SpeedRunners 2016 · $10M Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018 · $8.2M Haste 2025 · $7.6M Clustertruck 2016 · $6.6M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition older $19.99 70,499 94% 2.1M $42M (exactly $42,278,250) United Front Games, Feral Interactive (… (United Front Games, Feral Interactive (Mac))
SpeedRunners older $14.99 22,842 94% 685k $10M (exactly $10,272,047) DoubleDutch Games
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing older $19.99 13,633 95% 409k $8.2M (exactly $8,175,710) LuGus Studios
Haste $19.99 12,690 92% 381k $7.6M (exactly $7,610,193) Landfall
Clustertruck older $14.99 14,706 93% 441k $6.6M (exactly $6,613,288) Landfall
Hot Lava older $19.99 5,335 92% 160k $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) Klei Entertainment
Cyber Hook older $14.99 3,102 95% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) Blazing Stick
STORROR Parkour Pro · EA $24.99 1,605 71% 48k $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios
Superflight older $2.99 11,047 96% 331k $991k (exactly $990,916) GrizzlyGames
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell older $14.99 2,050 95% 62k $922k (exactly $921,885) Pine Studio
Paddle Paddle Paddle $4.99 1,584 86% 48k $237k (exactly $237,125) Zoroarts
SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed $9.99 447 55% 13k $134k (exactly $133,966) Fair Play Labs
Rocket Boots Mania $14.99 229 99% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Luma Play
KilaFlow $19.99 134 97% 4.0k $80k (exactly $80,360) Chao Kompany LLC
Slip & Skid $12.99 141 97% 4.2k $55k (exactly $54,948) NHOGS Interactive
Boat Together $4.99 364 76% 11k $54k (exactly $54,491) Beaked Games
4Wheel Challenge $3.99 409 57% 12k $49k (exactly $48,957) LJ3D STUDIOS
Dark Succubus $6.99 171 77% 5.1k $36k (exactly $35,859) ZC Game

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.