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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Racing game?
Racing + Quick-Time Events
Of 32 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events 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.. 27 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,653) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 102 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Quick-Time Events; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Arcade
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Stylized, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 396 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Frog Jump 2025 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LocoCycle | older | $9.99 | 312 83% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Twisted Pixel Games |
| | Rally Arcade Classics | $19.99 | 125 79% | 3.8k | $75k (exactly $74,962) | NETK2GAMES | |
| | Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush | older | $7.99 | 209 92% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Giovanni Elgert |
| | Whitewater VR: Extreme Kayaking Adventure | older | $19.99 | 82 81% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,175) | Adam Horvath |
| | Frog Jump | $4.99 | 158 86% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | SlugShot Games | |
 | Dashy Square | older | $6.99 | 110 81% | 3.3k | $23k (exactly $23,067) | Kastriot Sulejmani, Logan Gerrol |
 | Classic Racers Elite | older | $6.99 | 50 88% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | Vision Reelle |
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 | Car Guys | $5.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Ruben Alcañiz | |
 | Who move my key? | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | 与众第九艺术 | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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