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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Idler?
Idler + Cyberpunk
Of 47 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Idler 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.. 54 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 54 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $100k (exactly $100,093) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 88 |
| Announced | 54 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 320% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Idler; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Incremental, Simulation, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,969 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Idler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashFair
- + DrivingFair
- + LootFair
- + FPSFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + SwordplayFair
Comparable games
Chill Pulse 2024 · $691k 
Haydee 3 2025 · $289k 
Berserk B.I.T.S 2025 · $140k 
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded 2016 · $107k 
FEED THE AI 2026 · $100k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chill Pulse | older | $4.99 | 4,619 95% | 139k | $691k (exactly $691,464) | Catos Game |
| | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
| | Berserk B.I.T.S | $6.99 | 667 81% | 20k | $140k (exactly $139,870) | BerserkBoy Games | |
| | Chicken Assassin: Reloaded | older | $4.99 | 715 94% | 21k | $107k (exactly $107,036) | OneShark |
| | FEED THE AI | $5.99 | 557 90% | 17k | $100k (exactly $100,093) | Weird Kid Games | |
 | CYBRID | · EA older | $14.99 | 139 89% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,508) | Tom Reason |
 | Lower? Higher! | $9.99 | 146 67% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $43,756) | Unplugged Studio | |
 | Cybersex: Lust Story | older | $9.99 | 111 74% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | Octo Games |
 | CyberTD | older | $19.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Clockwork Origins |
 | Federation77 | older | $9.99 | 96 78% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | MIROWIN |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | CyberControl: Another Life | $4.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | Cat Games Studio | |
 | VIOLENT RUSH | $3.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | Sky Seekers | |
 | AKUMA: Cyberpunk Rhythm Action | $8.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | Transascetic Games | |
 | Just One More Link | $6.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | Blagine | |
 | Cyberfuck 2067 | $10.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Shinka AI Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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