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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Online Co-Op game?
Online Co-Op + Cyberpunk
Of 32 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Online Co-Op 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.. 98 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×1083 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 98 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,700) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,622,159) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 116 |
| Announced | 98 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 50,698 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
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- + World War IIPoor odds
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Comparable games
Marathon 2026 · $54M 
Watch Dogs®: Legion 2023 · $21M 
Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019 · $7.6M 
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018 · $6.1M 
Operation: Tango 2021 · $4.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marathon | $39.99 | 44,919 81% | 1.3M | $54M (exactly $53,889,324) | Bungie | |
| | Watch Dogs®: Legion | older | $59.99 | 11,891 56% | 357k | $21M (exactly $21,400,233) | Ubisoft Toronto |
| | Wolfenstein: Youngblood | older | $19.99 | 12,702 43% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,617,389) | MachineGames, Arkane Studios |
| | SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising | older | $19.99 | 10,111 94% | 303k | $6.1M (exactly $6,063,567) | Flow Fire Games |
| | Operation: Tango | older | $19.99 | 7,167 86% | 215k | $4.3M (exactly $4,298,050) | Clever Plays |
 | Raw Data | older | $39.99 | 2,036 81% | 61k | $2.4M (exactly $2,442,589) | Survios |
 | HUNTDOWN | older | $19.99 | 4,059 94% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) | Easy Trigger Games |
 | Due Process | · EA older | $9.99 | 6,558 83% | 197k | $2.0M (exactly $1,965,433) | Giant Enemy Crab |
 | E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy | older | $9.99 | 6,303 84% | 189k | $1.9M (exactly $1,889,009) | Streum On Studio |
 | System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster | $29.99 | 1,803 87% | 54k | $1.6M (exactly $1,622,159) | Nightdive Studios, Looking Glass Studio… (Nightdive Studios, Looking Glass Studios, Irrational Games) | |
 | 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 | |
 | Bounty Brawl: Most Wanted | $15.99 | 138 84% | 4.1k | $66k (exactly $66,199) | Nanuq | |
 | Band Space | $19.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Smartmelon Games | |
 | Ultra Mega Cats | · EA | $11.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drak… (Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drakkar Games) |
 | Explosive Odds | $4.99 | 165 92% | 5.0k | $25k (exactly $24,700) | Pig Bot Games | |
 | DeTechtive 2112 | $10.99 | 60 46% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $19,782) | M11 Studio | |
 | Assault On Proxima | $9.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Delta Video Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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