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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Cyberpunk
Only 14 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Dynamic Narration 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, Assault Armored Girls War Vasileia, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $6.2k, ×10 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 27 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
| Top 5% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 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
- Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 90 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure 2014 · $377k 
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The Indigo Parallel 2022 · $102k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Detroit: Become Human | older | $39.99 | 226,411 96% | 6.8M | $272M (exactly $271,625,277) | Quantic Dream |
| | Observer: System Redux | older | $29.99 | 2,462 84% | 74k | $2.2M (exactly $2,215,061) | Bloober Team, Anshar Studios |
| | Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure | older | $19.99 | 628 90% | 19k | $377k (exactly $376,612) | Big Finish Games |
| | Athanasy | older | $9.99 | 486 97% | 15k | $146k (exactly $145,654) | Wirion |
| | The Indigo Parallel | older | $12.99 | 262 96% | 7.9k | $102k (exactly $102,101) | Chris Danelon |
 | The Secret of Retropolis | older | $9.99 | 162 92% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | Peanut Button |
 | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
 | Cyberlinxxx | older | $12.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Baka_energy_studios |
 | Grapple League | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Rain Check Studios |
 | Assault Armored Girls War Vasileia | $9.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | studio core | |
 | RolemIAster | · EA | $5.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | ABAFE |
 | Octopus Goulash | $12.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Alessio Serenellini | |
 | Blêktre 2081 | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Charles Torris | |
 | Hate-Gem Rise Of Demon | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ElLeonGamer |
 | DuaLight | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | RedWineGames Studio | |
 | Null State | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Triple Eye Games | |
 | Talk to Me Human | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Least Significant Bit | |
 | Signal Drift | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Alcove Research LLC | |
 | QUICKN | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | g_sholar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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