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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Cyberpunk
Of 49 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Puzzle 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.. 63 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 22 developers shipped in the last year and 63 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,035) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 49 |
| Released games | 139 |
| Announced | 63 |
| 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 up 200% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 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
- Puzzle Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Platformer, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 807 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. Nearly all of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M 
DeadCore 2014 · $475k 
Zup! F 2019 · $463k 
GIGA WRECKER 2017 · $437k 
LIBERATED 2020 · $407k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst | older | $19.99 | 14,078 79% | 422k | $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) | DICE |
| | DeadCore | older | $9.99 | 1,584 85% | 48k | $475k (exactly $474,725) | 5 Bits Games |
| | Zup! F | older | $1.99 | 7,749 96% | 232k | $463k (exactly $462,615) | Quiet River |
| | GIGA WRECKER | older | $19.99 | 728 76% | 22k | $437k (exactly $436,582) | GAME FREAK inc. |
| | LIBERATED | older | $19.99 | 679 77% | 20k | $407k (exactly $407,196) | Atomic Wolf, L.INC |
 | 7th Sector | older | $10.99 | 643 72% | 19k | $212k (exactly $211,997) | Носков Сергей |
 | Yolo Space Hacker | older | $24.99 | 208 95% | 6.2k | $156k (exactly $155,938) | BKNLab |
 | Copy Kitty | older | $14.99 | 345 97% | 10k | $155k (exactly $155,146) | Nuclear Strawberry |
 | Flashback | older | $9.99 | 493 79% | 15k | $148k (exactly $147,752) | Paul Cuisset |
 | MotionRec | $9.99 | 430 99% | 13k | $129k (exactly $128,871) | HANDSUM | |
 | Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists | $9.99 | 113 84% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Neckbolt | |
 | Lustful Victor | $14.99 | 49 61% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | NeonByteStudio | |
 | 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 | |
 | KIYO - Bunny Tyranny | $14.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Pixel Rats | |
 | 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 | |
 | Ticking Together | $4.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya | |
 | Synthetic Hopes | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Groovy Snail Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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