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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Cyberpunk
Of 20 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Auto Battler 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.. 25 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $750. Revenue is up 300% on the market; 25 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $750 (exactly $750) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $176k (exactly $175,924) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 300% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
- Auto Battler; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Incremental, Action, Arcade
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,511 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Action RTSFair
- + SimulationFair
- + EconomyFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + CatsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
Nonentity Galaxy 2026 · $176k 
Berserk B.I.T.S 2025 · $140k 
CyberTD 2023 · $30k 
UNHUMAN 2026 · $19k 
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nonentity Galaxy | $9.99 | 587 94% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,924) | Brick-Up Studio | |
| | Berserk B.I.T.S | $6.99 | 667 81% | 20k | $140k (exactly $139,870) | BerserkBoy Games | |
| | CyberTD | older | $19.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Clockwork Origins |
| | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
| | Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Gunpowder Games, Focuspoint Studios | |
 | Outcasts of Orion | older | $7.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | We Are Cats |
 | Scrap Snap | $4.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | BinkyGames | |
 | Metal Ascension | older | $7.49 | 14 42% | 420 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Don Pachi |
 | Progress Bar Simulator | older | $0.99 | 91 86% | 2.7k | $2.7k (exactly $2,703) | SpielmannSpiel, bison |
 | HeroInc | · EA | $8.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Nue Games |
 | BLADE.EXE | $4.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Black Flag Studios | |
 | SOLARFLARE | $4.00 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,920) | Swarmforge | |
 | GirlsStrage | $19.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | GAIBAKO Co.,Ltd. | |
 | Pulslink | $6.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | FatCoke |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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