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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Racing game?
Racing + Real Time Tactics
Only 15 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics 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, GT Manager, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 24 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $177k (exactly $176,929) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 72% positive over 296 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
GT Manager 2025 · $177k 
Tour de France 2020 2020 · $73k 
Tour de France 2021 2021 · $71k 
MarineVerse Sailing Club 2024 · $22k 
Car Hustle Simulator 2026 · EA · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GT Manager | $24.99 | 236 71% | 7.1k | $177k (exactly $176,929) | THE TINY DIGITAL FACTORY, IMV STUDIO | |
| | Tour de France 2020 | older | $19.99 | 122 80% | 3.7k | $73k (exactly $73,163) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Tour de France 2021 | older | $39.99 | 59 81% | 1.8k | $71k (exactly $70,782) | Cyanide Studio |
| | MarineVerse Sailing Club | older | $29.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $22k (exactly $21,593) | MarineVerse |
| | Car Hustle Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 26 73% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Silent Code Games |
 | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
 | KEO | · EA older | $9.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Redcatpig Studio |
 | DRAFTYCAR | older | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | Bryan Blackford |
 | Hoples | older | $9.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Amfich |
 | Cycling Champion | · EA | $8.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | RaulM |
 | RC: Car Maniacs | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | GH Games | |
 | Premier Servi | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Florent Baris, Gaspard Thirion, Mickaël… (Florent Baris, Gaspard Thirion, Mickaël Scherlen) | |
 | Lullapops Sail Race | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Gamore Ltd. | |
 | Ball Stars | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Daniel Lochner | |
 | Tung Tung Together: Online Deathrun Party | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | DarkRook Interactive |
 | Knightfall Showdown | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Atzi_ Games, Herpai József Mátyás | |
 | Powder Runners: Maze Quest | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Farytek |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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