Games › 2D Platformer › 2D Platformer + Vampires
Should I ship a Vampire 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Vampires
Of 47 developers who shipped a Vampire 2D Platformer 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.. 50 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is flat on the market; 50 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
| Top 5% | $46k (exactly $46,177) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 92 |
| Announced | 50 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 60% 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.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Vampires
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Metroidvania
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 1,479 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + MechsFair
- + PinballFair
- + WesternFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + TanksFair
Comparable games
Castlevania Dominus Collection 2024 · $1.8M 
Castlevania Advance Collection 2021 · $1.3M 
Castlevania Anniversary Collection 2019 · $1.1M 
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance 2026 · $254k 
Chronicles of the Wolf 2025 · $250k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Castlevania Dominus Collection | older | $24.99 | 2,362 94% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,770,791) | KONAMI |
| | Castlevania Advance Collection | older | $19.99 | 2,149 91% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,288,755) | KONAMI |
| | Castlevania Anniversary Collection | older | $19.99 | 1,798 80% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,078,261) | KONAMI |
| | Legacy of Kain: Ascendance | $19.99 | 423 27% | 13k | $254k (exactly $253,673) | Bit Bot Media | |
| | Chronicles of the Wolf | $19.99 | 417 82% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Migami Games | |
 | Romancelvania | older | $24.99 | 253 75% | 7.6k | $190k (exactly $189,674) | The Deep End Games |
 | Desvelado | older | $6.99 | 352 98% | 11k | $74k (exactly $73,814) | Valentín Zacarías, Pablo Cuello, Joacoy… (Valentín Zacarías, Pablo Cuello, Joacoyco) |
 | Beyond the Ice Palace 2 | $19.99 | 77 63% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | STORYBIRD Studio | |
 | The Vampire's Bride: A bride who gets married to vampdoll | $16.99 | 90 93% | 2.7k | $46k (exactly $45,873) | Waterfall | |
 | Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi | older | $16.99 | 85 84% | 2.6k | $43k (exactly $43,324) | Tezcatek |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood | $14.99 | 42 57% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Ash Jackson | |
 | Janosik 2 | $8.99 | 70 95% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,879) | Onix Games | |
 | PizzaBoy | $9.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,884) | Breadless | |
 | Castle of Vania | $10.99 | 35 48% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,540) | Succubus Factory | |
 | Traveler Arena | $9.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 冒烟熊工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.