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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Board Game?
Board Game + Cyberpunk
Only 16 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Board 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, Moves Of The Diamond Hand, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $480 (exactly $480) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $62,968) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 80% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 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
- Board Game
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 222 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Nowhere Prophet 2019 · $541k 
Zero Division 2024 · $106k 
Moves Of The Diamond Hand 2026 · EA · $63k 
Ctrl Alt Deal 2025 · $17k 
NET.CRAWL 2026 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nowhere Prophet | older | $24.99 | 721 77% | 22k | $541k (exactly $540,534) | Sharkbomb Studios |
| | Zero Division | older | $12.99 | 271 87% | 8.1k | $106k (exactly $105,609) | Robot Cat Limited |
| | Moves Of The Diamond Hand | · EA | $19.99 | 105 100% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Cosmo D Studios |
| | Ctrl Alt Deal | $19.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Only By Midnight Ltd. | |
| | NET.CRAWL | $9.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Everyone is Solid | |
 | CHESS with LASERS | older | $11.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $10k (exactly $10,072) | Coreffect Interactive |
 | Ender theater | $9.99 | 28 50% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | FeatherRain | |
 | Hanoi Puzzles: Solid Match | older | $2.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $4.8k (exactly $4,754) | Hanoi Studios |
 | HexLab | older | $7.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Satur Entertainment |
 | NEON Squad Tactics | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Tin Man Games | |
 | Grist | · EA | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | Chironex Studios |
 | Disintegral | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Will Sykes Games | |
 | Ferrous: Digital Edition | · EA | $15.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | Sasori Zero Labs |
 | SudokuNexus | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Revogoo | |
 | Yet Another Hentai Puzzle: Cyberpunk | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | NSFW Games Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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