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Should I ship a Transportation RPG?
RPG + Transportation
Only 11 developers shipped a Transportation RPG 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, Outbreak Island, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.8k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×684 the market median. Revenue is up 2259375% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $23,388) |
| Top 5% | $429k (exactly $429,464) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Transportation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG, Transportation
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 78% positive over 1,241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + MinigamesPoor odds
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Comparable games
Sailing Era 2023 · $3.4M 
Outbreak Island 2025 · EA · $429k 
Airline Tycoon Deluxe 2014 · $182k 
Ile d'Or 2025 · EA · $74k 
TAXINAUT 2026 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sailing Era | older | $24.99 | 4,565 78% | 137k | $3.4M (exactly $3,422,380) | GY Games |
| | Outbreak Island | · EA | $14.99 | 955 78% | 29k | $429k (exactly $429,464) | Tiny Magicians |
| | Airline Tycoon Deluxe | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | Spellbound |
| | Ile d'Or | · EA | $14.99 | 164 88% | 4.9k | $74k (exactly $73,751) | あとらそふと |
| | TAXINAUT | $19.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | mosgrom | |
 | City Bus Simulator 2026 | $11.99 | 35 34% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,590) | KODOBUR | |
 | CHEMISTS: Dead Zone | · EA | $15.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $12k (exactly $11,513) | RPAX GAMING |
 | shock wave | · EA older | $29.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $9.0k (exactly $8,997) | shock wave |
 | Station Master RPG | · EA | $11.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Telegraph Studios |
 | UrbanRail Metro Simulator | · EA | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | UrbanDeveloper |
 | Phantom | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Phantom | |
 | Mitigate | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dingdang | |
 | Conundrum | $54.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chen Min |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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