Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Gamepires · 2013 · $24.99 · Action · deal grade B
- Estimated net residual revenue: $985 to $1.5k per month
- Opportunity: $2.6k per month at x2.10 dormancy
- Estimated lifetime owners: 231.2k
- 86%% positive across 4122 reviews · 9.2 reviews/month
Why it's flagged
- Developer silent for 6.8 years
- Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
- Last build shipped 9.7 years ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months
- Proven demand elasticity: x1.5 review velocity during past deep sales
Analyst notes (AI-assisted)
Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a 2013 arcade-racing action game centered on vehicular combat and destructible environments.
Despite 115+ months on platform, this title sustains $1.23k/mo residual revenue on modest review velocity (9/mo), indicating a compact but persistent audience. The $1.24M lifetime net and 86% positive rating suggest solid core-player retention in a niche genre. Opportunity lies in refreshing multiplayer infrastructure or licensing the IP to a racing-focused publisher, rather than acquisition of the game itself, given the developer's two-title catalog and 82-month communication gap. Most realistic play: licensing.
- Risk: Arcade racers depend on live servers and matchmaking; aged netcode may limit new player onboarding.
- Risk: Niche vehicular-combat genre faces headwinds from free-to-play titles and modern racing franchises.
- Risk: Developer has not posted in 82 months; studio status unclear despite 'operating' flag.
This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50%% error per title.