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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Space Sim?
Space Sim + Cyberpunk
Only 11 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Space Sim 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, Ostranauts, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×2996 the market median. Revenue is up 3805% on the market; 42 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,982) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,259) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 3805% on the market, supply 165% more 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 3,833 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 42 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DestructionFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Ostranauts 2026 · $1.9M 
Industries of Titan 2023 · $1.4M 
3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey 2017 · $475k 
Nonentity Galaxy 2026 · $176k 
Landinar: Into the Void 2019 · $140k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ostranauts | $19.99 | 3,137 77% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,259) | Blue Bottle Games | |
| | Industries of Titan | older | $29.99 | 1,553 61% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,234) | Brace Yourself Games |
| | 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey | older | $14.99 | 1,057 93% | 32k | $475k (exactly $475,333) | Bird in Sky |
| | Nonentity Galaxy | $9.99 | 587 94% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,924) | Brick-Up Studio | |
| | Landinar: Into the Void | older | $19.99 | 234 55% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Convoy Games |
 | SPACE ACCIDENT | older | $11.99 | 292 82% | 8.8k | $105k (exactly $105,032) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Dofamine | older | $9.99 | 212 82% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,536) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Star Nomad 2 | older | $12.99 | 137 67% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $53,389) | Huy Phan |
 | Space Cats Tactics | older | $14.99 | 100 74% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | Mitzi Games, Alex Nicola |
 | Space Station Tycoon | older | $4.99 | 190 56% | 5.7k | $28k (exactly $28,443) | Lunheim Studios |
 | Cosmic Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 60 53% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,982) | bitByte Games |
 | Interstellar Espionage Inc. | $11.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Fancy Raven Games | |
 | Hexalith | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Artemi Studios | |
 | Comet Tycoon | $11.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | CalmFrantix | |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Anomaly Operation | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | for | |
 | Bugs. Billions of Bugs. | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Recoil Mojo | |
 | RFA Station | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | AK Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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