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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Cyberpunk
Of 61 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Point & Click 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.. 101 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 $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $34k, ×54 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 101 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $34,166) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 61 |
| Released games | 185 |
| Announced | 101 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high 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
- Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 3,457 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 101 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Life SimFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + MiningFair
- + CookingFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
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Comparable games
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016 · $15M 
The Red Strings Club 2018 · $5.8M 
Citizen Sleeper 2022 · $5.0M 
Minds Beneath Us 2024 · $3.4M 
Dreamfall Chapters 2017 · $2.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | older | $14.99 | 33,838 97% | 1.0M | $15M (exactly $15,216,949) | Sukeban Games |
| | The Red Strings Club | older | $14.99 | 12,797 93% | 384k | $5.8M (exactly $5,754,811) | Deconstructeam |
| | Citizen Sleeper | older | $19.99 | 8,271 92% | 248k | $5.0M (exactly $4,960,119) | Jump Over The Age |
| | Minds Beneath Us | older | $19.99 | 5,749 96% | 172k | $3.4M (exactly $3,447,675) | BearBoneStudio |
| | Dreamfall Chapters | older | $24.99 | 3,213 82% | 96k | $2.4M (exactly $2,408,786) | Red Thread Games |
 | Tales of the Neon Sea | older | $16.99 | 3,853 84% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,963,874) | YiTi Games |
 | American Arcadia | older | $19.99 | 3,130 94% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,877,061) | Out of the Blue Games |
 | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
 | Beyond a Steel Sky | older | $34.99 | 1,295 87% | 39k | $1.4M (exactly $1,359,362) | Revolution Software Ltd |
 | I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | older | $9.99 | 3,590 88% | 108k | $1.1M (exactly $1,075,923) | The Dreamers Guild, QUByte Interactive |
 | Lightracer: For Judge | $9.99 | 462 92% | 14k | $138k (exactly $138,461) | Smartmelon Games | |
 | Celestial Return | $14.99 | 140 85% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Metaphor Games | |
 | SEXXX GIRLS [18+] | $9.99 | 114 71% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $34,166) | Lust Desires 🖤 | |
 | DATING OF THE FUTURE | $15.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $20,627) | geoWaffle | |
 | Save My Scrap | $10.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $17k (exactly $16,815) | Unio Anou | |
 | Scottside | · EA | $4.99 | 111 96% | 3.3k | $17k (exactly $16,617) | Plotline Games |
 | Time Guard - The Red Menace | $11.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,388) | Zima software | |
 | Neon Hearts City | $9.99 | 46 80% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Cosmic Void | |
 | Au Revoir | $4.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | Invisible Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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