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Should I ship a Cyberpunk 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Cyberpunk
Of 56 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk 3D Platformer 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.. 136 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 136 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,060) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 56 |
| Released games | 226 |
| Announced | 136 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Stylized, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,351 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 136 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M 
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M 
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M 
Neon Echo 2023 · EA · $1.6M 
Gori: Cuddly Carnage 2024 · $946k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror's Edge™ | older | $19.99 | 31,195 87% | 936k | $19M (exactly $18,707,642) | DICE |
| | Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | older | $39.99 | 12,645 98% | 379k | $15M (exactly $15,170,206) | Team Reptile |
| | Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst | older | $19.99 | 14,078 79% | 422k | $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) | DICE |
| | Neon Echo | · EA older | $14.99 | 3,514 56% | 105k | $1.6M (exactly $1,580,246) | Xinyuan Studio |
| | Gori: Cuddly Carnage | older | $21.99 | 1,434 96% | 43k | $946k (exactly $946,010) | Angry Demon Studio |
 | Hover | older | $19.99 | 1,536 81% | 46k | $921k (exactly $921,139) | Midgar Studio, Fusty Game |
 | Quadrilateral Cowboy | older | $19.99 | 897 92% | 27k | $538k (exactly $537,931) | Blendo Games |
 | DeadCore | older | $9.99 | 1,584 85% | 48k | $475k (exactly $474,725) | 5 Bits Games |
 | CICADAMATA" | $9.99 | 1,419 96% | 43k | $425k (exactly $425,274) | ✿ flowergarden | |
 | El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster | older | $29.99 | 457 83% | 14k | $411k (exactly $411,163) | crim Co., Ltd. |
 | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
 | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
 | Liuyin's world | $18.99 | 79 89% | 2.4k | $45k (exactly $45,006) | kingnagame | |
 | AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] | $5.99 | 112 58% | 3.4k | $20k (exactly $20,126) | Riez-ON | |
 | Ticking Together | $4.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya | |
 | Filtration | $19.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Whirligig Studios | |
 | CYBERSLAYER: No Time to Regret | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | KAEV Games | |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | Mikoshi: The Lost Crystals | $5.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | DremGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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