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Should I ship a Cyberpunk 6DOF game?
6DOF + Cyberpunk
Only 8 developers shipped a Cyberpunk 6DOF game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Roboquest VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.6k, ×15 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $350k, ×566 the market median. Revenue is up 14345% on the market; 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) |
| Top 25% | $238k (exactly $237,541) |
| Top 5% | $355k (exactly $355,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 14345% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 6DOF
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 4,585 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
6DOF with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + TacticalFair
- + RobotsFair
- + WarFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RhythmPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Raw Data 2017 · $2.4M 
VR Paradise - Steam Edition 2019 · $571k 
Roboquest VR 2025 · $355k 
Captain Hardcore 2026 · EA · $238k 
STRIDE: Fates 2024 · $134k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Raw Data | older | $39.99 | 2,036 81% | 61k | $2.4M (exactly $2,442,589) | Survios |
| | VR Paradise - Steam Edition | older | $19.99 | 952 86% | 29k | $571k (exactly $570,914) | Totem Entertainment |
| | Roboquest VR | $29.99 | 395 87% | 12k | $355k (exactly $355,382) | Flat2VR Studios, RyseUp Studios | |
| | Captain Hardcore | · EA | $39.99 | 198 80% | 5.9k | $238k (exactly $237,541) | AntiZero Games |
| | STRIDE: Fates | older | $29.99 | 149 51% | 4.5k | $134k (exactly $134,055) | Joy Way |
 | Dance Dash | · EA older | $19.99 | 155 82% | 4.7k | $93k (exactly $92,954) | Rebuff Reality |
 | The Secret of Retropolis | older | $9.99 | 162 92% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | Peanut Button |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | AquaNox | older | $4.99 | 287 76% | 8.6k | $43k (exactly $42,964) | Massive Development |
 | AquaNox 2: Revelation | older | $4.99 | 205 78% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $30,688) | Massive Development |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | Pixel Arcade | · EA | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | CJG Studio |
 | Neon Cipher | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | eXomorph Games | |
 | Gravity | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | VortexStudio | |
 | Rapid Puppet | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Warp Zone Experiments |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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