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Should I ship a Transportation Sports game?
Sports + Transportation
Only 12 developers shipped a Transportation 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, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, 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, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,852) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,008) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 575% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- 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
- Sports, Transportation
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 84% positive over 1,105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Forza Motorsport 2023 · $26M 
OverDrift Festival 2022 · $331k 
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing 2025 · $115k 
VR Sailing 2024 · $74k 
SkateLab 2024 · EA · $41k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forza Motorsport | older | $69.99 | 12,148 51% | 364k | $26M (exactly $25,507,156) | Turn 10 |
| | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
| | Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | $5.99 | 640 79% | 19k | $115k (exactly $115,008) | Stellar Stone | |
| | VR Sailing | $7.99 | 307 96% | 9.2k | $74k (exactly $73,588) | HFRK. | |
| | SkateLab | · EA older | $16.99 | 81 87% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $41,286) | TheVan |
 | Neon Curves Racing | $12.99 | 92 94% | 2.8k | $36k (exactly $35,852) | Ghost Machine | |
 | Octohill Ski Tycoon | $8.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | DeuxBaguettes | |
 | Long Way | older | $5.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | Eagle Games |
 | D96: Kansei | · EA older | $12.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) | Lonely One |
 | Extreme Truck Stunts | older | $4.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | · |
 | Real RC: Flight Simulator Aircraft Remote Control 2026 | $29.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $2.7k (exactly $2,699) | Thetis Games | |
 | Bus Simulator Offroad | $7.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Nitx Games | |
 | Autos | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Leedo Studio | |
 | Driving Master D | $1.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Cold9 | |
 | TRUEM | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | HOLGEAR GAMES | |
 | Pitch Race Car Racing | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Web Ed Development Pty Ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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