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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Level Editor game?

Level Editor + Cyberpunk

Only 15 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Level Editor 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, Haydee 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is down 35% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue down 35% on the market, 35 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Level Editor + Cyberpunk
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $76k → $210 → $9.6k (still earning) → $130 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Cyberpunk: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $9.7k (exactly $9,688)
Top 5% $289k (exactly $288,804)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 56
Announced 35
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 35% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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.

Level Editor
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
Level Editor
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 640 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $360, 1 in 4 over $9.6k, 1 in 20 over $280k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Level Editor with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Multiple EndingsFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  3. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $3.4k · 17 announced
  4. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  5. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  6. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  7. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  8. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  9. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  10. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  11. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  12. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M Distance 2018 · $4.4M Ion Fury 2019 · $4.2M Pistol Whip 2019 · $3.2M GIGA WRECKER 2017 · $437k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Severed Steel older $24.99 8,880 95% 266k $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) Greylock Studio
Distance older $24.99 5,832 93% 175k $4.4M (exactly $4,372,250) Refract
Ion Fury older $24.99 5,649 93% 169k $4.2M (exactly $4,235,055) Voidpoint, LLC
Pistol Whip older $29.99 3,586 94% 108k $3.2M (exactly $3,226,324) Cloudhead Games Ltd.
GIGA WRECKER older $19.99 728 76% 22k $437k (exactly $436,582) GAME FREAK inc.
The Signal State older $19.99 649 86% 19k $389k (exactly $389,205) Reckoner Industries
Haydee 3 $29.99 321 84% 9.6k $289k (exactly $288,804) Haydee Interactive
Neon Chrome older $14.99 545 93% 16k $245k (exactly $245,086) 10tons Ltd
Volume older $19.99 379 79% 11k $227k (exactly $227,286) Bithell Games
Copy Kitty older $14.99 345 97% 10k $155k (exactly $155,146) Nuclear Strawberry
Quantum Odyssey · EA $17.99 141 92% 4.2k $76k (exactly $76,098) Quarks Interactive
Cyberscape $14.99 43 93% 1.3k $19k (exactly $19,337) AtomicTorch Studio
Midnight Moments $2.99 108 92% 3.2k $9.7k (exactly $9,688) Happy Volcano
RAGER $19.99 16 100% 480 $9.6k (exactly $9,595) Insane Prey
Neon Cipher $19.99 1 100% 30 $600 (exactly $600) eXomorph Games
Free-Bees $3.99 5 100% 150 $598 (exactly $598) Alex Williams, Lloyd May
Epic Game Maker $3.99 3 100% 90 $359 (exactly $359) Electricpunch
Robo Balls $6.99 1 100% 30 $210 (exactly $210) Featherweight Studios LLC
Fake Snake $4.32 1 100% 30 $130 (exactly $130) Narvio Games

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