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Should I ship a Sailing Sports game?
Sports + Sailing
Only 11 developers shipped a Sailing Sports 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, Sailaway III, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.7k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $54k (exactly $54,491) |
| Top 5% | $76k (exactly $75,793) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Sailing
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 869 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
eSail Sailing Simulator 2019 · $864k 
Shipped 2019 · $175k 
Virtual Sailor NG 2022 · $158k 
Sailaway III 2024 · $76k 
VR Sailing 2024 · $74k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | eSail Sailing Simulator | older | $37.99 | 758 92% | 23k | $864k (exactly $863,893) | eSail Ltd. |
| | Shipped | older | $9.99 | 584 96% | 18k | $175k (exactly $175,025) | Majorariatto |
| | Virtual Sailor NG | older | $39.99 | 132 90% | 4.0k | $158k (exactly $158,360) | Ilan Papini |
| | Sailaway III | $15.99 | 158 68% | 4.7k | $76k (exactly $75,793) | Orbcreation BV | |
| | VR Sailing | $7.99 | 307 96% | 9.2k | $74k (exactly $73,588) | HFRK. | |
 | Hydrofoil Generation | older | $19.99 | 103 84% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $61,769) | Jaxx Vane Studio |
 | Boat Together | $4.99 | 364 76% | 11k | $54k (exactly $54,491) | Beaked Games | |
 | VR Regatta - The Sailing Game | older | $9.99 | 116 79% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $34,765) | MarineVerse |
 | MarineVerse Sailing Club | older | $29.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $22k (exactly $21,593) | MarineVerse |
 | Stop Sign VR Tools | · EA older | $5.99 | 59 84% | 1.8k | $11k (exactly $10,602) | Reality Inside Ltd. |
 | Surfers Code | $12.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | E Marx | |
 | Coastal Summit Sports: College Athletics 27 | $9.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Coastal Summit Sports | |
 | Speedboat Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Sea Bikers Jetski | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | 8º Arte Games | |
 | My Fishing Desktop | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | SPRITE! | |
 | Lullapops Sail Race | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Gamore Ltd. | |
 | In A Wheel | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ElyDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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