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Should I ship a Physics Snowboarding game?
Snowboarding + Physics
Only 7 developers shipped a Physics Snowboarding 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, Sledding Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $99k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $99k (exactly $98,756) |
| Top 25% | $350k (exactly $349,983) |
| Top 5% | $699k (exactly $698,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Snowboarding
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Physics
- effort 5 / 10 · low · emergent simulation bugs need hands-on tuning
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Snowboarding, Physics
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $9.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 27,755 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Snowboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
Comparable games
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020 · $22M 
Shredders 2022 · $3.4M 
Winter Resort Simulator 2 2020 · $1.0M 
Sledding Game 2026 · EA · $699k 
Descenders Next 2025 · EA · $350k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game | older | $39.99 | 18,400 86% | 552k | $22M (exactly $22,074,480) | Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd |
| | Shredders | older | $29.99 | 3,818 94% | 115k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,055) | FoamPunch |
| | Winter Resort Simulator 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,336 84% | 40k | $1.0M (exactly $1,001,599) | Simuverse Interactive |
| | Sledding Game | · EA | $7.99 | 2,915 96% | 87k | $699k (exactly $698,726) | The Sledding Corporation |
| | Descenders Next | · EA | $29.99 | 389 79% | 12k | $350k (exactly $349,983) | RageSquid |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Tricky Madness | · EA | $7.99 | 412 95% | 12k | $99k (exactly $98,756) | Nathan Dearth |
 | Project Third Eye | · EA older | $11.99 | 166 74% | 5.0k | $60k (exactly $59,710) | YueWorks |
 | That Flipping Mountain | older | $6.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $30k (exactly $30,406) | Jeff Weber |
 | hoVRboard | older | $11.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | TomyHorst |
 | Hydrofoil Surfing | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nightwork Studios | |
 | Space Punk | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | ShyneB0X Studios |
 | SnowFlow | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | TheStyleMachine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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