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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Cyberpunk
Only 18 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Quick-Time Events game 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, Neon Blood, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $39k, ×63 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 18 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) |
| Top 5% | $39k (exactly $39,398) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- 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
- Quick-Time Events; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2.5D, 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 165 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
反转21克 2024 · $275k 
A.D. 2047 2021 · $47k 
Neon Blood 2024 · $39k 
Gripper 2023 · $31k 
Disco Samurai 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 反转21克 | older | $8.99 | 1,020 72% | 31k | $275k (exactly $275,094) | 想象颗粒 |
| | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
| | Neon Blood | $17.99 | 73 60% | 2.2k | $39k (exactly $39,398) | ChaoticBrain Studios | |
| | Gripper | older | $19.99 | 51 84% | 1.5k | $31k (exactly $30,585) | Heart Core |
| | Disco Samurai | $9.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Pixel Fiber Games | |
 | Agent in Depth | older | $2.99 | 108 93% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave |
 | Bot Loop | $8.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | ciego | |
 | KeyFortress | · EA | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Daisen |
 | Big Byz Wars | older | $12.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Tommy Gun Walrus |
 | UNPLUGGED | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | omidjm |
 | UNPLUG - The Game | · EA | $10.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | GoldLime Studios |
 | SeaQuestDungeon | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | AlchemistGame | |
 | Cyber UF2 | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | 3DBBQ | |
 | Customer Disservice | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sudden Frog | |
 | Tired | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | EXHAUST3D | |
 | 100 Wars | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 文艺复兴雪 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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