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Should I ship a Wargame Racing game?
Racing + Wargame
Only 5 developers shipped a Wargame 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, Starfield Battlegrounds, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 5% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Wargame
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 117 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k 
Chickens Madness 2020 · $4.8k 
Starfield Battlegrounds 2025 · $2.7k 
Zombie Crush Driver 2022 · $2.5k 
RC Death Race: Multiplayer 2022 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Chickens Madness | older | $7.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Vikong |
| | Starfield Battlegrounds | $6.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | 谭浩翔 | |
| | Zombie Crush Driver | older | $2.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | ILXAM, Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | RC Death Race: Multiplayer | older | $2.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Decebal Games Studio |
 | SUBMARINES 2D | older | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Daniel Martínez Martínez-Pardo |
 | FlyManMissile | older | $2.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | WantGameStudio |
 | Attack On Ghosts | · EA | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | OGB Crew |
 | Steam revolution VR | · EA older | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ggaming |
 | Bison Battle Machine | older | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Jl Apps |
 | RETRO ROBOTS 2D | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Daniel Martínez Martínez-Pardo | |
 | Quantum Tank | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 夜行者 | |
 | Jugger - the video game | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Knorrmal Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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