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Should I ship a Point & Click Racing game?
Racing + Point & Click
Only 17 developers shipped a Point & Click Racing 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, Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 655% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Choose Your Own Adventure, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 242 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Zup! 4 2017 · $175k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 2021 · $165k 
Riding Star - Horse Championship! 2014 · $31k 
Car Drive 2021 · $19k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zup! 4 | older | $1.99 | 2,939 90% | 88k | $175k (exactly $175,458) | Quiet River |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
| | Riding Star - Horse Championship! | older | $9.99 | 102 69% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Sproing |
| | Car Drive | older | $44.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $19k (exactly $18,896) | kovalevviktor |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
 | Rain Runner | older | $4.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | SkyBrave |
 | Tap Derby: Horse Racing | $4.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Frost Warrior Studios | |
 | 射！就完事了 | $1.99 | 73 80% | 2.2k | $4.4k (exactly $4,358) | HighSpeed Games | |
 | Extreme Truck Stunts | older | $4.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | · |
 | Shoot! & Ahhhhh~ | $1.99 | 65 83% | 2.0k | $3.9k (exactly $3,880) | HighSpeed Games | |
 | City Multi Fun | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Net Get Games | |
 | Guess the Flag! | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Source Byte | |
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 | Your Ex | $0.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | workflowstd | |
 | Oru | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 803games | |
 | OnlyGame | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 小桨哥 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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