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Should I ship a Skateboarding Sandbox?
Sandbox + Skateboarding
Only 9 developers shipped a Skateboarding Sandbox 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, STORROR Parkour Pro, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 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 $5.1k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.1k (exactly $5,100) |
| Top 25% | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sandbox
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Skateboarding
- 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
- Sandbox, Skateboarding
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 27,010 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020 · $22M 
BMX Streets 2024 · $3.3M 
STORROR Parkour Pro 2025 · EA · $1.2M 
SkateBIRD 2021 · $382k 
BMX The Game 2020 · EA · $336k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game | older | $39.99 | 18,400 86% | 552k | $22M (exactly $22,074,480) | Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd |
| | BMX Streets | older | $24.99 | 4,366 80% | 131k | $3.3M (exactly $3,273,190) | Mash Games |
| | STORROR Parkour Pro | · EA | $24.99 | 1,605 71% | 48k | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) | Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios |
| | SkateBIRD | older | $19.99 | 637 85% | 19k | $382k (exactly $382,009) | Glass Bottom Games |
| | BMX The Game | · EA older | $24.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $336k (exactly $335,866) | Barspin Studios |
 | The Ramp | older | $5.99 | 1,104 95% | 33k | $198k (exactly $198,389) | Paul Schnepf |
 | Tricking 0 | · EA older | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Full-in Studios |
 | Project Third Eye | · EA older | $11.99 | 166 74% | 5.0k | $60k (exactly $59,710) | YueWorks |
 | Virtual Skate | · EA | $19.99 | 96 98% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | Flip Axis Studios |
 | SkateLab | · EA older | $16.99 | 81 87% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $41,286) | TheVan |
 | cheapskate | · EA | $4.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Simple Dev Studio |
 | Bambas! | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | DevilishGames | |
 | Jumbo Scooter | $5.00 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,100) | BepeDev | |
 | JUST SKATEBOARD | $5.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Skateboard | |
 | Bike Park Simulator: BMX, Dirt Jump & MTB | · EA | $7.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Backflip Madness 2 | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Hubert Śliwka | |
 | Emperor Pigeon - Sandbox | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Emperor Pigeon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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