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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Cyberpunk
Of 53 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Third-Person Shooter 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.. 156 more are announced, ×6.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $280k, ×193 the market median. Revenue is up 1460% on the market; 156 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,445) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) |
| Top 5% | $289k (exactly $288,804) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 186 |
| Announced | 156 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 1460% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Cyberpunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 4,685 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 156 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Watch Dogs®: Legion 2023 · $21M 
SIGNALIS 2022 · $18M 
DAEMON X MACHINA 2020 · $9.3M 
Vanquish 2017 · $4.2M 
Agents of Mayhem 2017 · $2.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Watch Dogs®: Legion | older | $59.99 | 11,891 56% | 357k | $21M (exactly $21,400,233) | Ubisoft Toronto |
| | SIGNALIS | older | $19.99 | 30,601 96% | 918k | $18M (exactly $18,351,420) | rose-engine |
| | DAEMON X MACHINA | older | $49.99 | 6,172 85% | 185k | $9.3M (exactly $9,256,148) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Vanquish | older | $19.99 | 6,974 89% | 209k | $4.2M (exactly $4,182,308) | PlatinumGames, Little Stone Software |
| | Agents of Mayhem | older | $29.99 | 3,270 59% | 98k | $2.9M (exactly $2,942,019) | Deep Silver Volition |
 | Binary Domain | older | $14.99 | 3,567 86% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,604,080) | Devil's Details |
 | Wanted: Dead | older | $29.99 | 1,373 67% | 41k | $1.2M (exactly $1,235,288) | Soleil Ltd. |
 | KIBORG | $24.99 | 1,221 84% | 37k | $915k (exactly $915,384) | Sobaka Studio | |
 | Hollowbody | older | $16.99 | 1,467 84% | 44k | $748k (exactly $747,730) | Headware Games |
 | Gungrave G.O.R.E | older | $29.99 | 744 71% | 22k | $669k (exactly $669,377) | Iggymob Co.,Ltd |
 | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
 | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
 | Dark Light: Survivor | · EA | $16.99 | 346 75% | 10k | $176k (exactly $176,356) | Mirari&Co. |
 | Bounty Brawl: Most Wanted | $15.99 | 138 84% | 4.1k | $66k (exactly $66,199) | Nanuq | |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | NIGHT STRIKER GEAR | $18.99 | 94 88% | 2.8k | $54k (exactly $53,552) | M2 Co., Ltd., M2 Co.,LTD | |
 | Fear Effect | $9.99 | 96 78% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Implicit Conversions | |
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 | Book Shooter | $6.99 | 107 86% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | SOS GameLab. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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