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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Cyberpunk
Of 62 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Arena Shooter 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.. 143 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 143 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,594) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,845) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 211 |
| Announced | 143 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 10% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 3,664 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 143 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalFair
- + DemonsFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Turbo Overkill 2023 · $3.8M 
Deadlink 2023 · $2.2M 
SPRAWL 2023 · $882k 
TerraTech Legion 2026 · $632k 
Black Ice 2014 · EA · $309k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Turbo Overkill | older | $19.99 | 6,412 94% | 192k | $3.8M (exactly $3,845,276) | Trigger Happy Interactive |
| | Deadlink | older | $24.99 | 2,871 90% | 86k | $2.2M (exactly $2,152,389) | Gruby Entertainment |
| | SPRAWL | older | $14.99 | 1,961 87% | 59k | $882k (exactly $881,862) | MAETH |
| | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
| | Black Ice | · EA older | $19.99 | 515 95% | 15k | $309k (exactly $308,846) | Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garre… (Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garrett Cooper) |
 | REAVER | · EA older | $13.99 | 539 87% | 16k | $226k (exactly $226,218) | crunkz, Black Boat Games |
 | Go Mecha Ball | older | $19.99 | 371 85% | 11k | $222k (exactly $222,489) | Whale Peak Games |
 | Furry Killer | older | $29.99 | 241 78% | 7.2k | $217k (exactly $216,828) | Sujikon |
 | Titan Attacks! | older | $9.99 | 654 92% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | Puppygames |
 | DESYNC | older | $14.99 | 396 79% | 12k | $178k (exactly $178,081) | The Foregone Syndicate |
 | CyberCorp | $14.99 | 351 75% | 11k | $158k (exactly $157,845) | Megame LLC | |
 | Beyond Sunset | $9.99 | 297 77% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | Metacorp / Vaporware | |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Tower Tag | $9.99 | 180 90% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Steinfatt GmbH | |
 | Slyders | $9.99 | 162 85% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | Kato Games | |
 | Corebreaker | · EA | $7.99 | 161 92% | 4.8k | $39k (exactly $38,592) | aQuadiun |
 | TEXNOPLAZM | · EA | $15.99 | 65 98% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $31,180) | Mothership Loudspeakerz |
 | Rhythm Storm | $9.99 | 86 91% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $25,774) | Radiangames | |
 | Ultra Mega Cats | · EA | $11.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drak… (Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drakkar Games) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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