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Should I ship a Vampire Character Customization game?
Character Customization + Vampires
Of 24 developers who shipped a Vampire Character Customization game 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.. 29 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $19k, ×31 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $10M, ×17363 the market median. Revenue is up 380% on the market; 29 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) |
|---|---|
| Median | $19k (exactly $19,311) |
| Top 25% | $104k (exactly $104,488) |
| Top 5% | $11M (exactly $10,903,742) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.00 |
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 380% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Vampires
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, RPG
- Price point
- $10.00 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $10.00.
The top 10 games average 63% positive over 18,528 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
V Rising 2024 · $116M 
CODE VEIN 2019 · $83M 
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 2025 · $19M 
CODE VEIN II 2026 · $11M 
Redfall 2023 · $3.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | V Rising | older | $34.99 | 110,505 89% | 3.3M | $116M (exactly $115,997,098) | Stunlock Studios |
| | CODE VEIN | older | $59.99 | 46,315 83% | 1.4M | $83M (exactly $83,353,106) | Bandai Namco Studios |
| | Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 | $59.99 | 10,443 55% | 313k | $19M (exactly $18,794,267) | The Chinese Room | |
| | CODE VEIN II | $69.99 | 5,193 66% | 156k | $11M (exactly $10,903,742) | Bandai Namco Studios Inc. | |
| | Redfall | older | $39.99 | 2,460 40% | 74k | $3.0M (exactly $2,951,262) | Arkane Austin |
 | Moonlight Peaks | $34.99 | 1,793 88% | 54k | $1.9M (exactly $1,882,112) | Little Chicken | |
 | AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead ＆ Undressed | older | $19.99 | 3,076 84% | 92k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,677) | ACQUIRE Corp. |
 | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
 | Vampire's Fall: Origins | older | $12.99 | 1,048 78% | 31k | $408k (exactly $408,406) | Early Morning Studio |
 | Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road | older | $11.99 | 698 90% | 21k | $251k (exactly $251,071) | Choice of Games |
 | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
 | Near-Mage | $19.99 | 180 89% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Stuck In Attic | |
 | Suck Up! | $16.99 | 205 62% | 6.2k | $104k (exactly $104,488) | Proxima | |
 | Monster High™ Skulltimate Secrets™ | $39.99 | 82 71% | 2.5k | $98k (exactly $98,375) | Petoons Studio, Casual Brothers Ltd. | |
 | Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall | · EA | $19.99 | 111 71% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | The Book of Outcasts | $9.99 | 101 70% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | kamti |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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