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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Platformer Vehicular Combat game?

Vehicular Combat + Platformer

Only 11 developers shipped a Platformer 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, Gunboat God, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $25k, ×41 the market median. Revenue is up 1765% on the market; 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 1765% on the market, 32 announced, ×5.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Vehicular Combat + Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $748 → $809 → $3.1k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Vehicular Combat + Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $300 (exactly $300)
Median $809 (exactly $809)
Top 25% $4.2k (exactly $4,196)
Top 5% $26k (exactly $25,720)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 36
Announced 32
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 up 1765% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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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
Vehicular Combat, Platformer
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 94% positive over 187 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $810, 1 in 4 over $4.1k, 1 in 20 over $25k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Looter ShooterFair11 devs · median $15k · 14 announced
  2. + BuildingPoor odds14 devs · median $303k · 40 announced
  3. + Online Co-OpPoor odds29 devs · median $62k · 75 announced
  4. + Co-opPoor odds38 devs · median $32k · 101 announced
  5. + HistoricalPoor odds16 devs · median $32k · 36 announced
  6. + CraftingPoor odds14 devs · median $20k · 43 announced
  7. + Open WorldPoor odds45 devs · median $15k · 97 announced
  8. + ManagementPoor odds21 devs · median $13k · 36 announced
  9. + SandboxPoor odds25 devs · median $10k · 70 announced
  10. + Real Time TacticsPoor odds20 devs · median $9.6k · 50 announced
  11. + ModernPoor odds18 devs · median $8.6k · 25 announced
  12. + MechsPoor odds24 devs · median $4.8k · 52 announced

All 98 pairs on the Vehicular Combat page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Mighty Goose 2021 · $566k Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX 2021 · $453k Mugsters 2018 · $42k Speed Limit 2021 · $41k Astro Duel 2 2024 · $35k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Mighty Goose older $19.99 943 86% 28k $566k (exactly $565,517) Blastmode, MP2 Games
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX older $19.99 756 80% 23k $453k (exactly $453,373) Jankenteam
Mugsters older $19.99 70 67% 2.1k $42k (exactly $41,979) Reinkout Games
Speed Limit older $9.99 136 80% 4.1k $41k (exactly $40,759) Gamechuck
Astro Duel 2 older $19.99 59 100% 1.8k $35k (exactly $35,382) Rusty Moyher
Gunboat God $12.99 66 90% 2.0k $26k (exactly $25,720) Janson RAD
DriveCrazy $10.99 73 94% 2.2k $24k (exactly $24,068) TubezGames
Virtual Virtual Reality 2 older $19.99 40 52% 1.2k $24k (exactly $23,988) Tender Claws
Jetboard Joust older $9.99 63 82% 1.9k $19k (exactly $18,881) BitBull Ltd
Hijack Overdrive older $14.99 15 100% 450 $6.7k (exactly $6,746) Meteor Studios
Transporter $9.99 14 100% 420 $4.2k (exactly $4,196) Acid Pixel Studios
Extreme Forklifting 3 · EA $7.99 13 100% 390 $3.1k (exactly $3,116) DevM Games
Critter Drifters $4.99 12 100% 360 $1.8k (exactly $1,796) Doodle Donut
Train Plus | トレインプラス $8.99 3 100% 90 $809 (exactly $809) MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA
Project Dejavu $6.99 2 100% 60 $419 (exactly $419) Noise Pattern
SYNTHROME $9.99 1 0% 30 $300 (exactly $300) SnowFlake Studio
GG Tanks $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Rodrigo Pistorello Vidor
FrogCore $7.99 1 100% 30 $240 (exactly $240) Vladyslav Pozdniakov

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