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Vehicular Combat
Of 372 developers who shipped a Vehicular Combat 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.. 842 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $780k, ×1257 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 842 games are announced against 228 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $238 (exactly $238) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) |
| Top 5% | $789k (exactly $789,205) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 372 |
| Released games | 1,187 |
| Announced | 842 |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Vehicular Combat
- 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
- Vehicular Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 153,840 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 176 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 842 games are announced against 228 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
All pairs with Vehicular Combat
- Vehicular Combat + Historical Poor odds $32k
- Vehicular Combat + Modern Poor odds $8.6k
- Vehicular Combat + Mechs Poor odds $4.8k
- Vehicular Combat + Female Protagonist Poor odds $4.8k
- Vehicular Combat + World War II Poor odds $4.2k
- Vehicular Combat + Dystopian Poor odds $2.7k
- Vehicular Combat + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds $2.7k
- Vehicular Combat + Cyberpunk Poor odds $2.4k
- Vehicular Combat + Fantasy Poor odds $1.4k
- Vehicular Combat + Military Poor odds $1.3k
- Vehicular Combat + War Poor odds $1.3k
- Vehicular Combat + Cold War Poor odds $807
- Vehicular Combat + Robots Poor odds $719
- Vehicular Combat + Naval Poor odds $719
- Vehicular Combat + Sci-fi Poor odds $599
- Vehicular Combat + Zombies Poor odds $300
- Vehicular Combat + Artificial Intelligence Dead $1.4k
- Vehicular Combat + Alternate History Dead $719
- Vehicular Combat + Futuristic Dead $450
- Vehicular Combat + Space Dead $298
- Vehicular Combat + Aliens Dead $89
Comparable games
Battlefield™ 2042 2021 · $468M 
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ 2023 · $121M 
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II 2020 · $105M 
WARDOGS 2026 · EA · $70M 
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced 2026 · $48M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield™ 2042 | older | $59.99 | 260,308 49% | 7.8M | $468M (exactly $468,476,308) | DICE |
| | ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ | older | $59.99 | 66,987 91% | 2.0M | $121M (exactly $120,556,504) | FromSoftware, Inc. |
| | STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II | older | $39.99 | 87,494 88% | 2.6M | $105M (exactly $104,966,552) | DICE |
| | WARDOGS | · EA | $39.99 | 58,250 81% | 1.7M | $70M (exactly $69,882,525) | BULKHEAD |
| | Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | $59.99 | 26,652 81% | 800k | $48M (exactly $47,965,604) | Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, U… (Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Romania) | |
 | Mad Max | older | $19.99 | 57,651 91% | 1.7M | $35M (exactly $34,573,305) | Avalanche Studios |
 | Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | older | $24.99 | 42,381 87% | 1.3M | $32M (exactly $31,773,036) | Antimatter Games, Tripwire Interactive |
 | Trailmakers | older | $24.99 | 33,465 92% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,088,710) | Flashbulb |
 | 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. | |
 | Hell Let Loose: Vietnam | $39.99 | 10,702 61% | 321k | $13M (exactly $12,839,189) | Expression Games | |
 | SAND: Raiders of Sophie | · EA | $24.99 | 12,485 49% | 375k | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) | Hologryph, TowerHaus |
 | John Carpenter's Toxic Commando | $39.99 | 6,274 72% | 188k | $7.5M (exactly $7,526,918) | Saber Interactive | |
 | Wreckfest 2 | · EA | $34.99 | 5,578 73% | 167k | $5.9M (exactly $5,855,227) | Bugbear |
 | Pax Autocratica | · EA | $29.99 | 3,202 91% | 96k | $2.9M (exactly $2,880,839) | Multiverse |
 | Cleared Hot | · EA | $17.99 | 3,934 96% | 118k | $2.1M (exactly $2,123,180) | Not Knowing Corporation |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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