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Should I ship a Racing Survival Horror?
Racing + Survival Horror
Only 4 developers shipped a Racing Survival Horror in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 15 did: 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.. 8 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.1k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,100) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,000) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
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
- Survival Horror
- 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, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 53,371 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
City Car Driving 2016 · $25M 
Notes of Soul 2019 · EA · $13M 
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction 2011 · $1.1M 
GENSOU Skydrift 2019 · $404k 
Drive 4 Survival 2020 · EA · $137k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | City Car Driving | older | $24.99 | 33,612 82% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,198,916) | Forward Development, Ltd. |
| | Notes of Soul | · EA older | $29.99 | 14,293 73% | 429k | $13M (exactly $12,859,412) | （Hong Kong）GKD Game Studio |
| | FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | older | $9.99 | 3,672 17% | 110k | $1.1M (exactly $1,100,498) | Team 6 Studios |
| | GENSOU Skydrift | older | $23.99 | 561 88% | 17k | $404k (exactly $403,752) | illuCalab |
| | Drive 4 Survival | · EA older | $19.99 | 228 58% | 6.8k | $137k (exactly $136,732) | M3M Games |
 | Evil Tag | older | $1.99 | 641 66% | 19k | $38k (exactly $38,268) | HFM Games |
 | Drive Me to Hell | older | $1.99 | 268 89% | 8.0k | $16k (exactly $16,000) | MadBug Studio |
 | Junkyard Fury 2 | older | $9.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Daniel Hood |
 | Love Room | older | $7.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | FoxPunch |
 | Chamber Survival | older | $15.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $5.3k (exactly $5,277) | daminggede |
 | Final Word Royale | $4.99 | 30 60% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | NyxWorks | |
 | Fatimopolis | $2.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | David Pateti | |
 | HUNTED | $3.00 | 4 0% | 120 | $360 (exactly $360) | Marcos moreira | |
 | Backrooms: Blackhole | · EA | $1.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | SUDT Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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