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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Cyberpunk
Of 55 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Choose Your Own Adventure 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.. 105 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×159 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 105 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,301) |
| Top 5% | $100k (exactly $100,093) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 55 |
| Released games | 154 |
| Announced | 105 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.40 |
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 35% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Adventure, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $8.40 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.40.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,453 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 105 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + FlightFair
- + SportsFair
- + Word GameFair
- + MilitaryFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + 3D FighterLong shot
- + NavalPoor odds
Comparable games
Watch Dogs®: Legion 2023 · $21M 
Minds Beneath Us 2024 · $3.4M 
Dreamfall Chapters 2017 · $2.4M 
Projekt: Passion - Season 1 2023 · $1.3M 
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure 2021 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Watch Dogs®: Legion | older | $59.99 | 11,891 56% | 357k | $21M (exactly $21,400,233) | Ubisoft Toronto |
| | Minds Beneath Us | older | $19.99 | 5,749 96% | 172k | $3.4M (exactly $3,447,675) | BearBoneStudio |
| | Dreamfall Chapters | older | $24.99 | 3,213 82% | 96k | $2.4M (exactly $2,408,786) | Red Thread Games |
| | Projekt: Passion - Season 1 | older | $11.99 | 3,501 92% | 105k | $1.3M (exactly $1,259,310) | Classy Lemon |
| | Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure | older | $15.99 | 2,158 91% | 65k | $1.0M (exactly $1,035,193) | DigiTales Interactive |
 | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
 | City of Broken Dreamers: Book One | older | $9.99 | 1,589 91% | 48k | $476k (exactly $476,223) | PhillyGames |
 | Projekt: Passion - Season 2 | $11.99 | 1,005 93% | 30k | $361k (exactly $361,498) | Classy Lemon | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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