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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Cyberpunk Precision Platformer?

Precision Platformer + Cyberpunk

Of 48 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Precision Platformer 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.. 58 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 31 developers shipped in the last year and 58 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 58 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Precision Platformer + Cyberpunk
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 48
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $838 → $269 → $3.9k → $5.7k → $599 → $179 → $90 (still earning) → $147 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Precision Platformer + Cyberpunk: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 48
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $2.9k (exactly $2,870)
Top 5% $34k (exactly $33,866)
Developers, 2 yr 48
Released games 123
Announced 58
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 65% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Cyberpunk
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Precision Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Retro
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 2,175 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $180, 1 in 4 over $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $33k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + DemonsFair15 devs · median $2.4k · 21 announced
  2. + FPSFair37 devs · median $1.6k · 38 announced
  3. + GothicFair15 devs · median $1.4k · 17 announced
  4. + HorrorFair68 devs · median $1.0k · 69 announced
  5. + Character CustomizationFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  6. + Perma DeathFair46 devs · median $719 · 31 announced
  7. + IdlerFair12 devs · median $657 · 6 announced
  8. + Action RoguelikeFair36 devs · median $629 · 38 announced
  9. + Time ManipulationFair22 devs · median $598 · 20 announced
  10. + SandboxFair30 devs · median $537 · 21 announced
  11. + Procedural GenerationFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  12. + RPGFair41 devs · median $449 · 43 announced

All 123 pairs on the Precision Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SANABI 2023 · $19M BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024 · $18M HUNTDOWN 2021 · $2.4M CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k Head's Adventures:chibichibi 2025 · $80k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SANABI older $14.99 41,700 97% 1.3M $19M (exactly $18,752,490) WONDER POTION
BlazBlue Entropy Effect older $19.99 30,410 94% 912k $18M (exactly $18,236,877) 91Act
HUNTDOWN older $19.99 4,059 94% 122k $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) Easy Trigger Games
CICADAMATA" $9.99 1,419 96% 43k $425k (exactly $425,274) ✿ flowergarden
Head's Adventures:chibichibi $7.99 334 97% 10k $80k (exactly $80,060) ManaWanderer
Eden Genesis older $24.99 81 92% 2.4k $61k (exactly $60,726) Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists $9.99 113 84% 3.4k $34k (exactly $33,866) Neckbolt
ION Shift $5.99 140 90% 4.2k $25k (exactly $25,158) Electro Soul Games
Ingression older $9.99 70 87% 2.1k $21k (exactly $20,979) Espale Studios
Q - A Neon Platformer older $14.99 44 90% 1.3k $20k (exactly $19,787) Manatea Entertainment
Alruna: End of History $11.99 44 88% 1.3k $16k (exactly $15,827) Neckbolt
Atomic Owl $12.99 30 90% 900 $12k (exactly $11,691) Monster Theater
UNKO TECHNICA $7.99 38 94% 1.1k $9.1k (exactly $9,109) うどんぱ
Telebbit $9.99 28 96% 840 $8.4k (exactly $8,392) IKINAGAMES
CLAWPUNK $9.99 16 93% 480 $4.8k (exactly $4,795) Kittens in Timespace
Towerbolt $11.99 13 100% 390 $4.7k (exactly $4,676) bordenary

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.