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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Boomer Shooter?

Boomer Shooter + Cyberpunk

Of 40 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Boomer 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.. 59 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $4.2k, ×6.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1833 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 59 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 6.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 59 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Boomer Shooter + Cyberpunk
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 40
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $882k → $8.7k → $3.0k → $300 → $29k → $479 (still earning) → $4.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Boomer Shooter + Cyberpunk: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 40
Bottom 30% $1.3k (exactly $1,349)
Median $4.2k (exactly $4,166)
Top 25% $36k (exactly $35,976)
Top 5% $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424)
Developers, 2 yr 40
Released games 71
Announced 59
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 up 80% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Boomer Shooter
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Cyberpunk
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Boomer Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Shooter
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 8,942 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.4k, median $4.2k, 1 in 4 over $35k, 1 in 20 over $1.1M.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Boomer Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Co-opFair16 devs · median $6.9k · 24 announced
  2. + WarFair19 devs · median $5.9k · 22 announced
  3. + DemonsFair51 devs · median $3.6k · 56 announced
  4. + Bullet TimeFair30 devs · median $1.7k · 30 announced
  5. + Psychological HorrorFair24 devs · median $1.3k · 29 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair50 devs · median $659 · 47 announced
  7. + Bullet HellFair109 devs · median $599 · 77 announced
  8. + SpaceFair39 devs · median $539 · 43 announced
  9. + Survival HorrorFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  10. + SurvivalLong shot39 devs · median $359 · 32 announced
  11. + Hero ShooterLong shot30 devs · median $210 · 21 announced
  12. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds36 devs · median $12k · 52 announced

All 61 pairs on the Boomer Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

MULLET MADJACK 2024 · $4.9M Ion Fury 2019 · $4.2M Turbo Overkill 2023 · $3.8M Beyond Citadel 2025 · $2.0M Hard Reset Extended Edition 2012 · $1.7M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
MULLET MADJACK older $19.99 8,235 97% 247k $4.9M (exactly $4,938,530) HAMMER95
Ion Fury older $24.99 5,649 93% 169k $4.2M (exactly $4,235,055) Voidpoint, LLC
Turbo Overkill older $19.99 6,412 94% 192k $3.8M (exactly $3,845,276) Trigger Happy Interactive
Beyond Citadel $14.99 4,417 96% 133k $2.0M (exactly $1,986,325) doekuramori
Hard Reset Extended Edition older $14.99 3,764 81% 113k $1.7M (exactly $1,692,671) Flying Wild Hog
COMPOUND older $19.99 2,057 97% 62k $1.2M (exactly $1,233,583) Bevan McKechnie
METAL EDEN $19.99 1,920 84% 58k $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424) Reikon Games
Hard Reset Redux older $19.99 1,889 81% 57k $1.1M (exactly $1,132,833) Flying Wild Hog
SPRAWL older $14.99 1,961 87% 59k $882k (exactly $881,862) MAETH
Battle Shapers $24.99 984 80% 30k $738k (exactly $737,705) Metric Empire
SPRAWL zero $24.99 710 94% 21k $532k (exactly $532,287) MAETH
Beyond Sunset $9.99 297 77% 8.9k $89k (exactly $89,011) Metacorp / Vaporware
UNYIELDER $24.99 117 62% 3.5k $88k (exactly $87,715) TrueWorld Studios
Voltage High Society $19.99 144 92% 4.3k $86k (exactly $86,357) Platonic Partnership
Extraneum $14.99 111 94% 3.3k $50k (exactly $49,917) David Jalbert
Slyders $9.99 162 85% 4.9k $49k (exactly $48,551) Kato Games
Mala Petaka $14.99 80 100% 2.4k $36k (exactly $35,976) Sanditio Bayu

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.