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Should I ship a PvP Transportation game?
PvP + Transportation
Only 10 developers shipped a PvP Transportation 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, SAND: Raiders of Sophie, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.7k, ×3.8 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $900. Revenue is up 515% on the market; 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,242) |
| Top 5% | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 515% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- PvP
- effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
- Transportation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP, Transportation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 50% positive over 12,977 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Forza Motorsport 2023 · $26M 
SAND: Raiders of Sophie 2026 · EA · $9.4M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
Railroad Corporation 2 2026 · $451k 
Homebrew - Patent Unknown 2014 · EA · $372k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forza Motorsport | older | $69.99 | 12,148 51% | 364k | $26M (exactly $25,507,156) | Turn 10 |
| | SAND: Raiders of Sophie | · EA | $24.99 | 12,485 49% | 375k | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) | Hologryph, TowerHaus |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | Railroad Corporation 2 | $39.99 | 376 69% | 11k | $451k (exactly $451,087) | Corbie Games | |
| | Homebrew - Patent Unknown | · EA older | $14.99 | 828 71% | 25k | $372k (exactly $372,352) | Copybugpaste |
 | Bus Driving Sim 22 | older | $24.99 | 445 57% | 13k | $334k (exactly $333,616) | Ovilex Software |
 | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
 | Railroad Ink Challenge | older | $7.99 | 88 82% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Horrible Guild |
 | Bounty Pro Pulling | · EA | $24.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $20k (exactly $20,242) | KODGAMES, LLC |
 | Sandbox World | older | $4.99 | 133 72% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | XMAKE |
 | Rail Estate | $7.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Holonautic | |
 | Synthwave Dream '85 | $3.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | LoneDev | |
 | Haulin' Oats | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Gramps Games | |
 | Rails & Rivals | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | tnycnsn |
 | Delivery Service : Courier | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | DW | |
 | Pitch Race Car Racing | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Web Ed Development Pty Ltd | |
 | Cold Transit | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | cmlodev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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