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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Cyberpunk
Only 17 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Tabletop 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, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 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 $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×2815 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tabletop; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,727 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Citizen Sleeper 2022 · $5.0M 
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector 2025 · $1.8M 
Nowhere Prophet 2019 · $541k 
The Solitaire Conspiracy 2020 · $267k 
System Crash 2016 · $112k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Citizen Sleeper | older | $19.99 | 8,271 92% | 248k | $5.0M (exactly $4,960,119) | Jump Over The Age |
| | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
| | Nowhere Prophet | older | $24.99 | 721 77% | 22k | $541k (exactly $540,534) | Sharkbomb Studios |
| | The Solitaire Conspiracy | older | $11.99 | 742 89% | 22k | $267k (exactly $266,897) | Bithell Games |
| | System Crash | older | $14.99 | 250 83% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | Rogue Moon Studios |
 | Zero Division | older | $12.99 | 271 87% | 8.1k | $106k (exactly $105,609) | Robot Cat Limited |
 | Mechajammer | older | $12.99 | 190 48% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,043) | Whalenought Studios |
 | Celestial Return | $14.99 | 140 85% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Metaphor Games | |
 | Lower? Higher! | $9.99 | 146 67% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $43,756) | Unplugged Studio | |
 | Ctrl Alt Deal | $19.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Only By Midnight Ltd. | |
 | Money And Lady | 财貌双全 | $9.99 | 20 35% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Happy DLC Studio | |
 | Vox Populi: USA 2024 | $7.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Velsin | |
 | NEON Squad Tactics | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Tin Man Games | |
 | Vox Populi: Germany 2025 | $7.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Velsin | |
 | Porn Pinball | $9.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Samejima | |
 | Vox Populi: Australia 2025 | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Velsin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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