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Management + Cyberpunk
Of 42 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Management game 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.. 97 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $89k, ×143 the market median. Revenue is up 75% on the market; 97 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Top 5% | $90k (exactly $89,670) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 42 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 97 |
| 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 up 75% on the market, supply 230% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
- Management; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Economy, Strategy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,210 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 97 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward 2023 · $2.3M 
No Umbrellas Allowed 2021 · $836k 
Mind Scanners 2021 · $558k 
Mech Mechanic Simulator 2021 · $323k 
Despotism 3k 2018 · $245k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Punch Club 2: Fast Forward | older | $19.99 | 3,808 81% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,283,658) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | No Umbrellas Allowed | older | $19.99 | 1,394 80% | 42k | $836k (exactly $835,982) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
| | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
| | Mech Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 538 61% | 16k | $323k (exactly $322,639) | Polyslash |
| | Despotism 3k | older | $7.99 | 1,023 79% | 31k | $245k (exactly $245,213) | Konfa Games |
 | Dynopunk | older | $14.99 | 456 93% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | Tomato Fantasy Games |
 | Frozen Synapse 2 | older | $29.99 | 216 63% | 6.5k | $194k (exactly $194,335) | Mode 7 |
 | Nonentity Galaxy | $9.99 | 587 94% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,924) | Brick-Up Studio | |
 | Berserk B.I.T.S | $6.99 | 667 81% | 20k | $140k (exactly $139,870) | BerserkBoy Games | |
 | X-COM: Apocalypse | older | $4.99 | 847 89% | 25k | $127k (exactly $126,796) | MicroProse Software, Inc |
 | Technotopia | $4.99 | 599 86% | 18k | $90k (exactly $89,670) | Yustas | |
 | SQUAD XXX: Slut Hunt 🚨 | $14.99 | 133 76% | 4.0k | $60k (exactly $59,810) | Lewd Star | |
 | Alien Market Simulator | $12.99 | 124 83% | 3.7k | $48k (exactly $48,323) | Silly Sloth Studios, Kheddo Entertainme… (Silly Sloth Studios, Kheddo Entertainment) | |
 | Globalism | · EA | $29.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $15k (exactly $15,295) | igelanium games |
 | Holonoptic | $19.95 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,576) | Glazial | |
 | CEO Sim: Cyberpunk | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | JAD Labs | |
 | Cyberpunk Store Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | ICON GAME STUDIO |
 | Interstellar Espionage Inc. | $11.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Fancy Raven Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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