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Should I ship a Cyberpunk On-Rails Shooter?
On-Rails Shooter + Cyberpunk
Only 12 developers shipped a Cyberpunk On-Rails Shooter 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, Whisker Squadron: Survivor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×5.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 564845% on the market; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $21,856) |
| Top 5% | $291k (exactly $290,854) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- On-Rails Shooter
- 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
- On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 78% positive over 770 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
On-Rails Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Bullet HellPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Pistol Whip 2019 · $3.2M 
Rez Infinite 2017 · $874k 
Whisker Squadron: Survivor 2025 · $291k 
CYBRID 2021 · EA · $63k 
Miner's Mettle 2021 · $54k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pistol Whip | older | $29.99 | 3,586 94% | 108k | $3.2M (exactly $3,226,324) | Cloudhead Games Ltd. |
| | Rez Infinite | older | $24.99 | 1,166 91% | 35k | $874k (exactly $874,150) | Monstars Inc., Resonair |
| | Whisker Squadron: Survivor | $19.99 | 485 77% | 15k | $291k (exactly $290,854) | Flippfly LLC | |
| | CYBRID | · EA older | $14.99 | 139 89% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,508) | Tom Reason |
| | Miner's Mettle | older | $24.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Singular Scheme |
 | NIGHT STRIKER GEAR | $18.99 | 94 88% | 2.8k | $54k (exactly $53,552) | M2 Co., Ltd., M2 Co.,LTD | |
 | DOGENSTEIN | $4.99 | 146 73% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Marc Leclerc | |
 | VR Invaders | older | $17.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $17k (exactly $17,270) | MY.GAMES |
 | GRIDD: Retroenhanced | older | $11.99 | 44 79% | 1.3k | $16k (exactly $15,827) | Antab Studio |
 | Cyberia | older | $9.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Xatrix Entertainment |
 | The Phoenix Gene VR | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | HEROmation | |
 | Astro Flame: Starfighter | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Satur Entertainment | |
 | Smasher | $14.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Smasher Team, Bear Head Studio | |
 | Echo Wars - Road Rage | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Ivanovich Games | |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Kleopatra | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | AliRei Dream ProjeKt | |
 | Crush Lab | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Two Men and a Cat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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