Should I ship a Flight game?
Flight
Of 534 developers who shipped a Flight 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.. 867 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×266 the market median. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 867 games are announced against 301 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,316) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 534 |
| Released games | 2,219 |
| Announced | 867 |
| 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 up 55% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Flight
- 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
- Flight
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 129,382 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 286 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 867 games are announced against 301 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
All pairs with Flight
- Flight + 3D Platformer Dead $359
- Flight + Collectathon Dead $359
- Flight + Asynchronous Multiplayer Dead $359
- Flight + Alternate History Dead $359
- Flight + Tower Defense Dead $359
- Flight + Stealth Dead $359
- Flight + Arcade Dead $300
- Flight + Shoot 'Em Up Dead $300
- Arena Shooter + Flight Dead $300
- Flight + Space Dead $299
- Flight + Racing Dead $299
- Flight + Score Attack Dead $299
- Flight + Mars Dead $299
- Flight + Top-Down Shooter Dead $270
- Flight + Platformer Dead $239
- 3D Fighter + Flight Dead $239
- Flight + Rhythm Dead $239
- Flight + Gun Customization Dead $239
- Flight + Puzzle Dead $238
- Flight + Local Co-Op Dead $238
- Flight + Point & Click Dead $238
- Flight + Beat 'em up Dead $179
- Battle Royale + Flight Dead $179
- Flight + Aliens Dead $150
- Flight + Precision Platformer Dead $120
- Flight + Mystery Dead $90
- Flight + Runner Dead $60
- Flight + 2D Platformer Dead $60
- Flight + Bullet Time Dead $60
- Flight + Parkour Dead $30
- Flight + 2D Fighter Dead $0
- Flight + Incremental Dead $0
- Flight + Turn-Based Strategy Dead $0
Comparable games
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2026 · $126M 
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN 2019 · $83M 
The Crew™ 2 2018 · $78M 
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024 · $45M 
Stormworks: Build and Rescue 2020 · $41M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition | $59.99 | 70,073 78% | 2.1M | $126M (exactly $126,110,378) | Asobo Studio | |
| | ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN | older | $59.99 | 46,235 87% | 1.4M | $83M (exactly $83,209,130) | Bandai Namco Studios Inc. |
| | The Crew™ 2 | older | $29.99 | 86,533 78% | 2.6M | $78M (exactly $77,853,740) | Ivory Tower |
| | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | $69.99 | 21,633 59% | 649k | $45M (exactly $45,422,810) | Asobo Studio | |
| | Stormworks: Build and Rescue | older | $24.99 | 54,649 90% | 1.6M | $41M (exactly $40,970,355) | Geometa |
 | X4: Foundations | older | $49.99 | 25,257 79% | 758k | $38M (exactly $37,877,923) | Egosoft |
 | Brick Rigs | older | $19.99 | 53,749 95% | 1.6M | $32M (exactly $32,233,275) | Fluppisoft GmbH |
 | Transport Fever 2 | older | $39.99 | 26,714 89% | 801k | $32M (exactly $32,048,786) | Urban Games |
 | STAR WARS™: Squadrons | older | $39.99 | 25,086 66% | 753k | $30M (exactly $30,095,674) | MOTIVE |
 | Trailmakers | older | $24.99 | 33,465 92% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,088,710) | Flashbulb |
 | Jump Space | · EA | $19.99 | 10,724 85% | 322k | $6.4M (exactly $6,431,183) | Keepsake Games |
 | SpaceBourne 2 | $19.99 | 4,951 75% | 149k | $3.0M (exactly $2,969,115) | Burak Dabak | |
 | Aviassembly | · EA | $9.99 | 9,323 96% | 280k | $2.8M (exactly $2,794,103) | Jelle Booij |
 | Cleared Hot | · EA | $17.99 | 3,934 96% | 118k | $2.1M (exactly $2,123,180) | Not Knowing Corporation |
 | Ostranauts | $19.99 | 3,137 77% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,259) | Blue Bottle Games | |
 | Lost Skies | $24.99 | 2,470 63% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,759) | Bossa Studios | |
 | Starminer | · EA | $29.99 | 1,818 72% | 55k | $1.6M (exactly $1,635,655) | CoolAndGoodGames |
 | Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator | $34.99 | 1,319 97% | 40k | $1.4M (exactly $1,384,554) | Lyra Creative |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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