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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Cyberpunk
Only 11 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Split Screen 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, Screamer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.6k against a market of $630. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) |
| Top 25% | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,888) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 up 8620% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
- Split Screen
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 85% positive over 1,468 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Automobile SimStrong odds
- + DrivingFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + SportsFair
- + RPGFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
Distance 2018 · $4.4M 
Screamer 2026 · $1.9M 
Head's Adventures:chibichibi 2025 · $80k 
Destropolis 2020 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | Distance | older | $24.99 | 5,832 93% | 175k | $4.4M (exactly $4,372,250) | Refract |
| | Screamer | $59.99 | 1,039 80% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,888) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
| | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
| | Destropolis | older | $5.99 | 255 89% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $45,824) | Igrek Games |
 | FLASHOUT 3 | older | $19.99 | 55 61% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Jujubee S.A. |
 | Electro Ride: The Neon Racing | older | $12.99 | 79 74% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Sylwester Osik |
 | Super Impossible Road | older | $9.99 | 94 87% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Wonderful Lasers |
 | Positron | · EA | $14.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Retroburn |
 | Cyber Protocol | older | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | RedDeer.Games |
 | Synthwave Dream '85 | $3.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | LoneDev | |
 | Outrunner: Neon Nights | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Georg Schenzel | |
 | Hover REV Hispeed Burst | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | JKK_WORKS | |
 | TANK ZERO | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Emergency Exit | |
 | Rhythm Racer | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Elusive Byte |
 | HOTWING HELLIONS | $3.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $315 (exactly $315) | LOCHNESSLABS | |
 | Duel Drive | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Empirical Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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