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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Crafting game?
Crafting + Cyberpunk
Only 17 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Crafting 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, TerraTech Legion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 78 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59; 1 in 20 cleared $630k, ×1006 the market median. Revenue is up 7795% on the market; 78 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $15,290) |
| Top 5% | $632k (exactly $632,067) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 78 |
| 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 7795% on the market, supply 365% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Automation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,712 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 78 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Crafting with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + WesternPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
UnderRail 2015 · $2.9M 
TerraTech Legion 2026 · $632k 
Mars: War Logs 2013 · $367k 
Mech Mechanic Simulator 2021 · $323k 
Dynopunk 2023 · $205k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | UnderRail | older | $14.99 | 6,385 86% | 192k | $2.9M (exactly $2,871,334) | Stygian Software |
| | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
| | Mars: War Logs | older | $4.99 | 2,450 75% | 74k | $367k (exactly $366,765) | Spiders |
| | Mech Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 538 61% | 16k | $323k (exactly $322,639) | Polyslash |
| | Dynopunk | older | $14.99 | 456 93% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | Tomato Fantasy Games |
 | Sphere - Flying Cities | older | $17.99 | 178 44% | 5.3k | $96k (exactly $96,067) | mañana studios |
 | Gimbal | older | $14.99 | 130 79% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,461) | 8888888 LABS |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | Part-Time Witch | $6.99 | 217 78% | 6.5k | $46k (exactly $45,505) | Eyed Mushroom | |
 | Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot | older | $12.99 | 111 90% | 3.3k | $43k (exactly $43,257) | Nudiventra |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | RoadOut | $14.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Rastrolabs Game Studio | |
 | Midnight Moments | $2.99 | 108 92% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Happy Volcano | |
 | Prometheus Wept | · EA | $15.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.7k (exactly $6,716) | Timeslip Softworks |
 | Shifting Sands | · EA | $19.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Silent Sun |
 | Bots & Mods | $8.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Bit66 | |
 | Cryowakers | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Checkbox Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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