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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Local Co-Op game?
Local Co-Op + Cyberpunk
Only 16 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Local Co-Op 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, Neon Inferno, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×361 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 5% | $227k (exactly $226,687) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 31 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium 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
- Local Co-Op; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Shooter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 641 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Co-Op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootStrong odds
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Action RPGFair
- + ModernFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + Board GameFair
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + MedievalFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
Haven 2020 · $4.0M 
HUNTDOWN 2021 · $2.4M 
Death Trash 2021 · EA · $2.1M 
Nex Machina 2017 · $880k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | Haven | older | $24.99 | 5,294 88% | 159k | $4.0M (exactly $3,968,912) | The Game Bakers |
| | HUNTDOWN | older | $19.99 | 4,059 94% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) | Easy Trigger Games |
| | Death Trash | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,460 91% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,074,962) | Crafting Legends |
| | Nex Machina | older | $19.99 | 1,467 89% | 44k | $880k (exactly $879,760) | Housemarque |
 | USAC: Code Breach | older | $14.99 | 1,067 91% | 32k | $480k (exactly $479,830) | Questions Factory |
 | Black Future '88 | older | $19.99 | 494 74% | 15k | $296k (exactly $296,252) | SUPERSCARYSNAKES |
 | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Neon Inferno | $19.99 | 378 92% | 11k | $227k (exactly $226,687) | Zenovia Interactive | |
 | NeuroVoider | older | $13.99 | 492 77% | 15k | $206k (exactly $206,492) | Flying Oak Games |
 | Anima Flux | $19.99 | 69 78% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Avantaj Prim | |
 | Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders | $9.99 | 57 85% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Combo Game Studio | |
 | Gunswitch | · EA | $7.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Wicked Tavern |
 | Miracle Heroes: Temporal Bounty Hunter | $1.99 | 79 92% | 2.4k | $4.7k (exactly $4,716) | Cat Play Studio | |
 | Hard Edge - War Zone | $15.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | SUNSOFT | |
 | Waifu Discovered 3: Cyberpunk Fantasy | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | One-Hand-Free Studios | |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Stealth Syndicate | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Vincent Lopes-Vicente | |
 | Deflect | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | AlzKrak Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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