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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Cyberpunk
Of 25 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Real Time Tactics 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.. 49 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $19k, ×32 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 49 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $750 (exactly $750) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,782) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 78 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Action
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 521 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HackingFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Satellite Reign 2015 · $2.4M 
There Came an Echo 2015 · $112k 
Strain Tactics 2017 · $96k 
Desperate Place 2025 · $83k 
Miner's Mettle 2021 · $54k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Satellite Reign | older | $29.99 | 2,619 75% | 79k | $2.4M (exactly $2,356,314) | 5 Lives Studios |
| | There Came an Echo | older | $14.99 | 248 70% | 7.4k | $112k (exactly $111,526) | Iridium Studios |
| | Strain Tactics | older | $14.99 | 214 87% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $96,236) | Touch Dimensions Interactive |
| | Desperate Place | $10.99 | 253 66% | 7.6k | $83k (exactly $83,414) | BruceGalaxy | |
| | Miner's Mettle | older | $24.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Singular Scheme |
 | VoidBound | · EA older | $19.99 | 85 91% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | CursedAtelier |
 | Cyber Ops | older | $14.99 | 108 42% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Octeto Studios |
 | M.E.R.C. | · EA older | $19.99 | 53 58% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | TinyMob Games |
 | Nuke Them All | older | $9.99 | 76 82% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Indie PapaMike |
 | DeTechtive 2112 | $10.99 | 60 46% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $19,782) | M11 Studio | |
 | IAH: INTERNET WAR | $19.99 | 23 26% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Vitali Kirpu Productions | |
 | Future Breach 64 | $2.99 | 105 86% | 3.2k | $9.4k (exactly $9,418) | Yurii Nikshych | |
 | Remnants of the Rift | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Bromio | |
 | Augmented Empire | $7.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Coatsink | |
 | NULLPTR | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Jeferson Silva | |
 | Bass Defense - Rhythm Meets Strategy | $5.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | WOMBEX Games | |
 | TechGuardian: Territory Defense | $7.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Apex Horizon | |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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