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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Loot game?
Loot + Cyberpunk
Only 19 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Loot 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 Abyss 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 47 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1879 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 47 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,976) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,180,210) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Loot; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action Roguelike, Action, Co-op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 4,368 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Local Co-OpStrong odds
- + SteampunkStrong odds
- + CapitalismFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + JRPGFair
- + EconomyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + CatsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
Neon Abyss 2020 · $19M 
DAEMON X MACHINA 2020 · $9.3M 
Neon Abyss 2 2025 · EA · $1.2M 
Meta Ghost: Breaking Show 2026 · $808k 
The Great Rebellion 2024 · $262k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neon Abyss | older | $31.49 | 19,709 86% | 591k | $19M (exactly $18,619,092) | Veewo Games |
| | DAEMON X MACHINA | older | $49.99 | 6,172 85% | 185k | $9.3M (exactly $9,256,148) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Neon Abyss 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,968 68% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,180,210) | Veewo Games |
| | Meta Ghost: Breaking Show | $17.99 | 1,497 72% | 45k | $808k (exactly $807,931) | Scarecrow Studio | |
| | The Great Rebellion | older | $15.99 | 546 96% | 16k | $262k (exactly $261,916) | Kvltgames |
 | A-Tech Cybernetic VR | older | $14.99 | 552 65% | 17k | $248k (exactly $248,234) | XREAL Games |
 | Dark Light: Survivor | · EA | $16.99 | 346 75% | 10k | $176k (exactly $176,356) | Mirari&Co. |
 | Blood Running | $16.99 | 198 68% | 5.9k | $101k (exactly $100,921) | Dead Unicorn | |
 | Shell Runner | $14.99 | 80 57% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Reija | |
 | Wanted Killer VR | · EA older | $9.99 | 107 78% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,068) | Playsnak |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | Alien Agent X | · EA | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | SGALIEN.Software.US |
 | Coreless | · EA | $7.99 | 30 80% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Contextual Turtle |
 | Shifting Sands | · EA | $19.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Silent Sun |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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