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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Cyberpunk
Only 9 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Automobile Sim 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, Glitchpunk, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.4k against a market of $1.5k. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,352) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,598) |
| Top 5% | $104k (exactly $104,348) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.90 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $4.90 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 17,888 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
RAGE 2 2019 · $17M 
Pacer 2020 · $691k 
Neon Drive 2016 · $499k 
Retrowave World 2024 · EA · $119k 
Glitchpunk 2024 · $104k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RAGE 2 | older | $39.99 | 14,019 64% | 421k | $17M (exactly $16,818,594) | id Software, Avalanche Studios |
| | Pacer | older | $39.99 | 576 72% | 17k | $691k (exactly $691,027) | R8 Games Ltd |
| | Neon Drive | older | $9.99 | 1,664 86% | 50k | $499k (exactly $498,701) | Fraoula, Spiky Crumb |
| | Retrowave World | · EA older | $9.99 | 398 70% | 12k | $119k (exactly $119,281) | RewindApp |
| | Glitchpunk | $19.99 | 174 47% | 5.2k | $104k (exactly $104,348) | Dark Lord | |
 | CrashMetal - Cyberpunk | older | $4.99 | 654 66% | 20k | $98k (exactly $97,904) | JDM4iK Games |
 | CyberTaxi | older | $9.99 | 178 64% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $53,347) | Projects from Basement |
 | CyberTaxi: Lunatic Nights | · EA | $13.99 | 68 55% | 2.0k | $29k (exactly $28,540) | Hed Media Games |
 | NEON SPEED | older | $6.99 | 50 64% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | GameLand |
 | Synthwave Driver | · EA | $2.99 | 107 86% | 3.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,598) | Runebox Studios |
 | Synthwave Dream '85 | $3.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | LoneDev | |
 | Miami Horizon 2077 | $4.90 | 16 75% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,352) | CJ | |
 | Hover REV Hispeed Burst | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | JKK_WORKS | |
 | Bulletproof Tank Adventure | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | HAPPYTECH | |
 | Nightcrawler | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | TsuraiKuromaru | |
 | Neon Highway | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Meridian Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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