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Should I ship a Score Attack Transportation game?
Transportation + Score Attack
Only 12 developers shipped a Score Attack Transportation 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, ZDSimulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×331 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 25% | $47k (exactly $46,738) |
| Top 5% | $208k (exactly $207,958) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 85% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Transportation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Transportation, Score Attack
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,098 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Transportation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RacingFair
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- + LogicFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Metro Simulator 2 2023 · $303k 
ZDSimulator 2025 · $208k 
GRIDROAD 2024 · $115k 
AI Learns To Drive 2026 · $47k 
Railroad Ink Challenge 2021 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Metro Simulator 2 | older | $14.99 | 674 65% | 20k | $303k (exactly $303,098) | KishMish Games |
| | ZDSimulator | $16.99 | 408 89% | 12k | $208k (exactly $207,958) | ZDSimulator Team | |
| | GRIDROAD | $9.99 | 385 82% | 12k | $115k (exactly $115,384) | RAJACORP | |
| | AI Learns To Drive | $7.49 | 208 95% | 6.2k | $47k (exactly $46,738) | ActivationFunction | |
| | Railroad Ink Challenge | older | $7.99 | 88 82% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Horrible Guild |
 | Reverse Problem | $12.99 | 52 86% | 1.6k | $20k (exactly $20,264) | Tag Axle Games | |
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 | Package Rush | older | $4.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Campfire Studio |
 | Subway Train Simulator 2D | older | $4.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Daniel Viktorin |
 | The next train is | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | overload Games | |
 | UFO-Man | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Dyglone | |
 | Driving Master D | $1.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Cold9 | |
 | Box Game | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | BowieK | |
 | Delivery Service : Courier | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | DW |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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