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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Twin Stick Shooter?
Twin Stick Shooter + Cyberpunk
Of 31 developers who shipped a Cyberpunk Twin Stick 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.. 71 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×251 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 71 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $157,845) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 128 |
| Announced | 71 |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
- Twin Stick Shooter; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Shooter, Action, Top-Down Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, Isometric, Violent
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,214 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Twin Stick Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Looter ShooterPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
RUINER 2017 · $6.2M 
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018 · $6.1M 
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition 2016 · $3.4M 
UBERMOSH 2015 · $1.3M | 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 |
| | RUINER | older | $19.99 | 10,338 89% | 310k | $6.2M (exactly $6,199,699) | Reikon Games |
| | SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising | older | $19.99 | 10,111 94% | 303k | $6.1M (exactly $6,063,567) | Flow Fire Games |
| | Brigador: Up-Armored Edition | older | $24.99 | 4,580 93% | 137k | $3.4M (exactly $3,433,626) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
| | UBERMOSH | older | $4.99 | 8,757 92% | 263k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,923) | Walter Machado |
 | Nex Machina | older | $19.99 | 1,467 89% | 44k | $880k (exactly $879,760) | Housemarque |
 | Brigador Killers | · EA | $24.99 | 572 69% | 17k | $429k (exactly $428,828) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
 | Rogue Stormers | older | $19.99 | 649 65% | 19k | $389k (exactly $389,205) | Black Forest Games |
 | Doomsday Hunters | older | $15.99 | 703 89% | 21k | $337k (exactly $337,229) | Moregames |
 | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
 | CyberCorp | $14.99 | 351 75% | 11k | $158k (exactly $157,845) | Megame LLC | |
 | Memory Lost | $19.99 | 53 92% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | Magic Hazard | |
 | RoadOut | $14.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Rastrolabs Game Studio | |
 | HoverGrease 2 | $19.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Altergaze | |
 | BloodDome99 | $4.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | Halftone Gaming | |
 | NeverCOM | · EA | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co.… (Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co., Ltd) |
 | Blood in the Panopticon | $12.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | SIS STYLE INTERACTIVE | |
 | WATERPUNK | $8.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | R_Games | |
 | Neon Spellstorm | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | TopCog |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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