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Should I ship a Time Attack Sports game?
Sports + Time Attack
Only 12 developers shipped a Time Attack 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, Assetto Corsa Rally, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 1250% on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $478 (exactly $478) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) |
| Top 5% | $7.9M (exactly $7,878,673) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 up 1250% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Time Attack
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 8,977 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Assetto Corsa Rally 2025 · EA · $7.9M 
Trackmania United Forever 2008 · $2.2M 
TrackMania² Stadium 2013 · $1.6M 
TrackMania² Canyon 2013 · $830k 
Barro 2018 · $487k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Assetto Corsa Rally | · EA | $29.99 | 8,757 87% | 263k | $7.9M (exactly $7,878,673) | Supernova Games Studios |
| | Trackmania United Forever | older | $29.99 | 2,488 94% | 75k | $2.2M (exactly $2,238,454) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Stadium | older | $9.99 | 5,340 88% | 160k | $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Canyon | older | $19.99 | 1,384 80% | 42k | $830k (exactly $829,985) | Nadeo |
| | Barro | older | $4.99 | 3,253 85% | 98k | $487k (exactly $486,974) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro F | older | $4.99 | 2,329 84% | 70k | $349k (exactly $348,651) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro 2020 | older | $4.99 | 1,932 84% | 58k | $289k (exactly $289,220) | SC Jogos |
 | TrackMania² Valley | older | $19.99 | 403 78% | 12k | $242k (exactly $241,679) | Nadeo |
 | Barro Racing | older | $4.99 | 1,250 83% | 38k | $187k (exactly $187,125) | SC Jogos |
 | STARWHAL | older | $11.99 | 496 92% | 15k | $178k (exactly $178,411) | Breakfall |
 | Barro F25 | $4.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | SC Jogos | |
 | Barro 2026 | $4.99 | 47 70% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Grishko Games | |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | Tilt It! Golf | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Kautki Cave | |
 | Animal Run Relay | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | youdoyou.motto | |
 | Smoots Crazy Wave | $10.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | Kaneda Games | |
 | Tired | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | EXHAUST3D | |
 | Driving Master D | $1.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Cold9 | |
 | AudioRace | $6.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Associazione Audiogames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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