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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Automation game?
Automation + Cyberpunk
Of 24 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Automation game 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.. 38 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 38 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) |
| Top 5% | $76k (exactly $76,098) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automation
- 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
- Automation; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Incremental, Simulation, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,306 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 38 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Automation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + Female ProtagonistStrong odds
- + Open World Survival CraftFair
- + HorrorFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + Class-BasedFair
- + MiningFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + FishingFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
Comparable games
EXAPUNKS 2018 · $826k 
The Signal State 2021 · $389k 
Mech Mechanic Simulator 2021 · $323k 
Berserk B.I.T.S 2025 · $140k 
[ECHOSTASIS] 2024 · $129k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EXAPUNKS | older | $19.99 | 1,378 96% | 41k | $826k (exactly $826,387) | Zachtronics |
| | The Signal State | older | $19.99 | 649 86% | 19k | $389k (exactly $389,205) | Reckoner Industries |
| | Mech Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 538 61% | 16k | $323k (exactly $322,639) | Polyslash |
| | Berserk B.I.T.S | $6.99 | 667 81% | 20k | $140k (exactly $139,870) | BerserkBoy Games | |
| | [ECHOSTASIS] | older | $19.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $129k (exactly $128,935) | ENIGMA STUDIO |
 | Quantum Odyssey | · EA | $17.99 | 141 92% | 4.2k | $76k (exactly $76,098) | Quarks Interactive |
 | Neon Noodles | older | $19.99 | 86 75% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $51,574) | Vivid Helix |
 | PRODUCER 2021 | older | $9.99 | 164 100% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Stuffed Wombat, ThorHighHeels |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 209 98% | 6.3k | $44k (exactly $43,827) | Simple Software Solutions |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | Neofeud 2 | $14.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Silver Spook Games | |
 | Vehicle No. 4 | $6.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | indiejoh | |
 | Comet Tycoon | $11.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | CalmFrantix | |
 | EchoLink: Recursion | $6.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Detonation Zone Interactive | |
 | Deep Sea Idle: Infinity Abyss | $4.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | HIGHKICKSTUDIO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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