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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Sports game?
Sports + Cyberpunk
Of 25 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Sports 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.. 43 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×463 the market median. Revenue is up 545% on the market; 43 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $291k (exactly $290,854) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 102 |
| Announced | 43 |
| 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 up 545% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Sports; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, PvP
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 1,586 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dynamic NarrationStrong odds
- + CraftingFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + FMVFair
- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward 2023 · $2.3M 
Synth Riders 2019 · $1.0M 
Pacer 2020 · $691k 
Ricochet 2000 · $681k 
DeathSprint 66 2024 · $297k | 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 |
| | Synth Riders | older | $24.99 | 1,336 92% | 40k | $1.0M (exactly $1,001,599) | Kluge Interactive |
| | Pacer | older | $39.99 | 576 72% | 17k | $691k (exactly $691,027) | R8 Games Ltd |
| | Ricochet | older | $4.99 | 4,549 82% | 136k | $681k (exactly $680,985) | Valve |
| | DeathSprint 66 | older | $19.99 | 495 83% | 15k | $297k (exactly $296,852) | Sumo Digital |
 | Synthwave Burnout | $12.99 | 751 74% | 23k | $293k (exactly $292,665) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Whisker Squadron: Survivor | $19.99 | 485 77% | 15k | $291k (exactly $290,854) | Flippfly LLC | |
 | AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity | older | $9.99 | 651 83% | 20k | $195k (exactly $195,105) | Dejobaan Games, LLC |
 | AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome | older | $9.99 | 535 81% | 16k | $160k (exactly $160,340) | Dejobaan Games, LLC, Owlchemy Labs |
 | STRIDE: Fates | older | $29.99 | 149 51% | 4.5k | $134k (exactly $134,055) | Joy Way |
 | Tower Tag | $9.99 | 180 90% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Steinfatt GmbH | |
 | FUTA FIGHT & FUCK 🥊 | $14.99 | 115 92% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Project Hover | · EA | $9.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Ulysses Graphics |
 | Hover REV Hispeed Burst | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | JKK_WORKS | |
 | 高球王者 GolfKings | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 小如文化 | |
 | Plane Crazy Championship Edition | $5.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Inner Workings, Jordan Freeman Group, S… (Inner Workings, Jordan Freeman Group, SegaSoft) | |
 | Savage Arena: Dead Ball Zone | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group | |
 | VR # AVOID | $4.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | s0trax994 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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