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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Resource Management game?
Resource Management + Cyberpunk
Of 45 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Resource Management 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.. 109 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 $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $66k, ×106 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 109 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
| Top 5% | $67k (exactly $66,567) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 109 |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 445% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- 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
- Resource Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.98 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.98 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,633 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 109 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward 2023 · $2.3M 
Industries of Titan 2023 · $1.4M 
USAC: Code Breach 2022 · $480k 
Despotism 3k 2018 · $245k 
Nonentity Galaxy 2026 · $176k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Punch Club 2: Fast Forward | older | $19.99 | 3,808 81% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,283,658) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | Industries of Titan | older | $29.99 | 1,553 61% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,234) | Brace Yourself Games |
| | USAC: Code Breach | older | $14.99 | 1,067 91% | 32k | $480k (exactly $479,830) | Questions Factory |
| | Despotism 3k | older | $7.99 | 1,023 79% | 31k | $245k (exactly $245,213) | Konfa Games |
| | Nonentity Galaxy | $9.99 | 587 94% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,924) | Brick-Up Studio | |
 | TK Punk Gold | $11.99 | 291 87% | 8.7k | $105k (exactly $104,673) | 桑尼游戏(Sunny Game) | |
 | Sphere - Flying Cities | older | $17.99 | 178 44% | 5.3k | $96k (exactly $96,067) | mañana studios |
 | Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall | · EA | $19.99 | 111 71% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | Flat Eye | older | $18.99 | 105 60% | 3.2k | $60k (exactly $59,818) | Monkey Moon |
 | Alien Market Simulator | $12.99 | 124 83% | 3.7k | $48k (exactly $48,323) | Silly Sloth Studios, Kheddo Entertainme… (Silly Sloth Studios, Kheddo Entertainment) | |
 | PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 209 98% | 6.3k | $44k (exactly $43,827) | Simple Software Solutions |
 | Neongarten | $9.99 | 67 86% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,080) | Moonroof Studios | |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced | $16.98 | 32 100% | 960 | $16k (exactly $16,301) | zorkie studios | |
 | CEO Sim: Cyberpunk | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | JAD Labs | |
 | Cyberpunk Store Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | ICON GAME STUDIO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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