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Should I ship a Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing
Of 293 developers who shipped a Combat Racing game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 513 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×216 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 513 games are announced against 167 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Top 5% | $136k (exactly $135,566) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 293 |
| Released games | 994 |
| Announced | 513 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Combat Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle physics plus weapons and AI drivers
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 40,361 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 159 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 513 games are announced against 167 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
All pairs with Combat Racing
- Combat Racing + Tanks Dead $599
- Combat Racing + Top-Down Shooter Dead $479
- Combat Racing + Physics Dead $449
- Spectacle fighter + Combat Racing Dead $419
- Combat Racing + 3D Platformer Dead $359
- Combat Racing + Real Time Tactics Dead $356
- Combat Racing + Tactical Dead $299
- Combat Racing + Runner Dead $298
- Combat Racing + Strategy Dead $270
- Combat Racing + Building Dead $270
- Combat Racing + 2D Fighter Dead $270
- Combat Racing + Space Sim Dead $270
- Action-Adventure + Combat Racing Dead $240
- Offroad + Combat Racing Dead $240
- Combat Racing + Roguelike Dead $239
- Third-Person Shooter + Combat Racing Dead $239
- Combat Racing + Wargame Dead $59
Comparable games
Need for Speed™ Heat 2020 · $271M 
Need for Speed™ Unbound 2022 · $105M 
Need for Speed™ Payback 2020 · $25M 
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 2025 · $24M 
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025 · $23M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Need for Speed™ Heat | older | $69.99 | 128,933 84% | 3.9M | $271M (exactly $270,720,620) | Ghost Games |
| | Need for Speed™ Unbound | older | $69.99 | 49,862 61% | 1.5M | $105M (exactly $104,695,241) | Criterion Games |
| | Need for Speed™ Payback | older | $29.99 | 27,424 85% | 823k | $25M (exactly $24,673,373) | Ghost Games |
| | Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | $69.99 | 11,479 93% | 344k | $24M (exactly $24,102,456) | Sonic Team | |
| | Tokyo Xtreme Racer | $49.99 | 15,284 93% | 459k | $23M (exactly $22,921,415) | Genki Co., Ltd. | |
 | Need for Speed™ | older | $29.99 | 25,443 69% | 763k | $23M (exactly $22,891,067) | Ghost Games |
 | Need for Speed™ Most Wanted | older | $19.99 | 25,197 77% | 756k | $15M (exactly $15,110,641) | Criterion Games |
 | Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered | older | $29.99 | 13,583 81% | 407k | $12M (exactly $12,220,625) | Stellar Entertainment Limited |
 | Road Redemption | older | $19.99 | 10,842 83% | 325k | $6.5M (exactly $6,501,947) | Redemption Road, Pixel Dash Studios |
 | Wreckfest 2 | · EA | $34.99 | 5,578 73% | 167k | $5.9M (exactly $5,855,227) | Bugbear |
 | Samson | $24.99 | 2,911 54% | 87k | $2.2M (exactly $2,182,377) | Liquid Swords | |
 | Screamer | $59.99 | 1,039 80% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,888) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | The Karters 2: Turbo Charged | · EA | $29.99 | 1,043 91% | 31k | $938k (exactly $938,387) | Pixel Edge Games |
 | Carmageddon: Rogue Shift | $39.99 | 752 62% | 23k | $902k (exactly $902,174) | 34BigThings srl | |
 | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
 | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
 | Victory Heat Rally | $19.99 | 599 88% | 18k | $359k (exactly $359,220) | Skydevilpalm |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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