Should I ship a Racing game?
Racing
Of 1,119 developers who shipped a 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.. 1,552 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×474 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 1,552 games are announced against 628 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $297k (exactly $297,451) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 1,119 |
| Released games | 4,724 |
| Announced | 1,552 |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing
- 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 85% positive over 523,928 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 690 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 1,552 games are announced against 628 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
All pairs with Racing
- Racing + Capitalism Strong odds $8.6k
- Racing + Modern Fair $3.3k
- Racing + Romance Poor odds $21k
- Racing + Snow Poor odds $3.6k
- Racing + Dystopian Poor odds $2.7k
- Racing + Horses Poor odds $2.4k
- Racing + Crime Poor odds $2.4k
- Racing + Psychological Horror Poor odds $2.1k
- Racing + Female Protagonist Poor odds $1.6k
- Racing + Music Poor odds $1.6k
- Racing + Artificial Intelligence Poor odds $1.4k
- Racing + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds $1.1k
- Racing + Nature Poor odds $839
- Racing + Futuristic Poor odds $809
- Racing + Cats Poor odds $802
- Racing + Robots Poor odds $719
- Racing + Sci-fi Poor odds $599
- Racing + Cyberpunk Poor odds $599
- Racing + Horror Poor odds $360
- Racing + Military Dead $30k
- Racing + Historical Dead $2.7k
- Racing + War Dead $1.5k
- Racing + Science Dead $899
- Racing + Alternate History Dead $719
- Racing + Mystery Dead $449
- Racing + Magic Dead $449
- Racing + Noir Dead $418
- Racing + Fantasy Dead $297
- Racing + Space Dead $239
- Racing + Zombies Dead $210
- Racing + Aliens Dead $0
- Racing + Medieval Dead $0
Comparable games
Forza Horizon 5 2021 · $468M 
BeamNG.drive 2015 · EA · $291M 
Need for Speed™ Heat 2020 · $271M 
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced 2025 · $190M 
Forza Horizon 6 2026 · $182M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forza Horizon 5 | older | $59.99 | 260,218 89% | 7.8M | $468M (exactly $468,314,335) | Playground Games |
| | BeamNG.drive | · EA older | $24.99 | 388,236 97% | 12M | $291M (exactly $291,060,529) | BeamNG |
| | Need for Speed™ Heat | older | $69.99 | 128,933 84% | 3.9M | $271M (exactly $270,720,620) | Ghost Games |
| | Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced | $29.99 | 210,784 83% | 6.3M | $190M (exactly $189,642,365) | Rockstar North | |
| | Forza Horizon 6 | $69.99 | 86,730 82% | 2.6M | $182M (exactly $182,106,981) | Playground Games | |
 | Mafia: Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 88,955 86% | 2.7M | $107M (exactly $106,719,314) | Hangar 13 |
 | Need for Speed™ Unbound | older | $69.99 | 49,862 61% | 1.5M | $105M (exactly $104,695,241) | Criterion Games |
 | Assetto Corsa | older | $19.99 | 136,067 92% | 4.1M | $82M (exactly $81,599,380) | Kunos Simulazioni |
 | The Crew™ 2 | older | $29.99 | 86,533 78% | 2.6M | $78M (exactly $77,853,740) | Ivory Tower |
 | The Crew Motorfest | older | $69.99 | 24,230 78% | 727k | $51M (exactly $50,875,731) | Ubisoft Ivory Tower |
 | My Summer Car | $14.99 | 108,503 94% | 3.3M | $49M (exactly $48,793,799) | Amistech Games | |
 | F1® 25 | $49.99 | 25,395 87% | 762k | $38M (exactly $38,084,882) | Codemasters | |
 | 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. | |
 | Assetto Corsa EVO | · EA | $39.99 | 16,545 60% | 496k | $20M (exactly $19,849,036) | KUNOS Simulazioni |
 | Le Mans Ultimate | $39.99 | 15,068 79% | 452k | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) | Studio 397 | |
 | Drive Beyond Horizons | · EA | $24.99 | 17,903 77% | 537k | $13M (exactly $13,421,879) | Drive Beyond Horizons |
 | Tower Unite | $19.99 | 16,237 89% | 487k | $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329) | PixelTail Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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