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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Cyberpunk Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Cyberpunk

Of 86 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Score Attack 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.. 83 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $89. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 83 games are announced against 68 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 83 announced, ×1.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Cyberpunk
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 86
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.0k → $1.6k → $1.6k → $3.0k → $150 → $897 → $479 (still earning) → $147 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Cyberpunk: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 86
Bottom 30% $89 (exactly $89)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $3.0k (exactly $2,992)
Top 5% $129k (exactly $128,871)
Developers, 2 yr 86
Released games 218
Announced 83
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 10% on the market, supply 280% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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.

Score Attack
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
Score Attack; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 16,029 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $89, median $450, 1 in 4 over $2.9k, 1 in 20 over $120k.

3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 68 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M Dead as Disco 2026 · EA · $9.3M MULLET MADJACK 2024 · $4.9M CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k Bot Vice 2016 · $404k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk older $39.99 12,645 98% 379k $15M (exactly $15,170,206) Team Reptile
Dead as Disco · EA $24.99 12,354 96% 371k $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794) Brain Jar Games, Inc.
MULLET MADJACK older $19.99 8,235 97% 247k $4.9M (exactly $4,938,530) HAMMER95
CICADAMATA" $9.99 1,419 96% 43k $425k (exactly $425,274) ✿ flowergarden
Bot Vice older $9.99 1,349 93% 40k $404k (exactly $404,295) DYA Games
Neon Inferno $19.99 378 92% 11k $227k (exactly $226,687) Zenovia Interactive
AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity older $9.99 651 83% 20k $195k (exactly $195,105) Dejobaan Games, LLC
Sodaman $7.99 738 78% 22k $177k (exactly $176,899) Tape Corps
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome older $9.99 535 81% 16k $160k (exactly $160,340) Dejobaan Games, LLC, Owlchemy Labs
MotionRec $9.99 430 99% 13k $129k (exactly $128,871) HANDSUM
BIRDCAGE $13.99 218 97% 6.5k $91k (exactly $91,495) POLYGON BIRD
UNYIELDER $24.99 117 62% 3.5k $88k (exactly $87,715) TrueWorld Studios
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
CODE Bunny $9.99 143 93% 4.3k $43k (exactly $42,857) Team Seventh Star
Haneda Girl $14.99 74 94% 2.2k $33k (exactly $33,278) Studio Koba

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