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Should I ship a Cyberpunk Typing game?
Typing + Cyberpunk
Only 17 developers shipped a Cyberpunk Typing 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, PROJEKT GODHAND, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $74k, ×119 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) |
| Top 5% | $75k (exactly $74,892) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 365% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Logic, Programming
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.80 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.80 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 400 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CombatFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + HackingFair
- + TacticalFair
- + ModernFair
Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Grey Hack 2017 · EA · $1.1M 
Hacker Simulator 2021 · $922k 
Uplink 2006 · $637k 
Quadrilateral Cowboy 2016 · $538k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hacknet | older | $9.99 | 16,910 93% | 507k | $5.1M (exactly $5,067,927) | Team Fractal Alligator |
| | Grey Hack | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,801 90% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,080,060) | Loading Home |
| | Hacker Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,230 74% | 37k | $922k (exactly $922,131) | Save All Studio |
| | Uplink | older | $11.99 | 1,771 89% | 53k | $637k (exactly $637,029) | Introversion Software |
| | Quadrilateral Cowboy | older | $19.99 | 897 92% | 27k | $538k (exactly $537,931) | Blendo Games |
 | Anonymous Hacker Simulator | older | $19.99 | 741 85% | 22k | $444k (exactly $444,378) | Sicarius |
 | PROJEKT GODHAND | $15.80 | 158 96% | 4.7k | $75k (exactly $74,892) | Anarch Entertainment | |
 | Essays on Empathy | older | $12.99 | 188 78% | 5.6k | $73k (exactly $73,264) | Deconstructeam |
 | Hacker Evolution | older | $2.99 | 417 71% | 13k | $37k (exactly $37,405) | exosyphen studios |
 | BYTEPATH | older | $1.99 | 305 92% | 9.2k | $18k (exactly $18,208) | a327ex |
 | Hacky | $4.99 | 95 93% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Cuddle Code | |
 | Blackdoor | $12.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Static Signal | |
 | Saku the Covert Agent | $6.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Forward, 78Games | |
 | Void Future: Hacking Protocol | $14.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | RVL Interactive | |
 | Torrent Empire | $7.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Steel Games | |
 | Untrusted: hackers at large | $12.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | playuntrusted.com | |
 | KeyBreach | $4.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | sawworm Games | |
 | HyperDissonance | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | meta, autoselff | |
 | HELLO HACKER | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | h3ll0h4ck3r |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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