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Should I ship a Vampire Combat game?

Combat + Vampires

Of 54 developers who shipped a Vampire Combat 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.. 64 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 64 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 64 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Combat + Vampires
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 54
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $142k → $359 → $223k → $748 → $898 → $2.5k (still earning) → $14k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Combat + Vampires: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 54
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $1.9k (exactly $1,946)
Top 25% $24k (exactly $23,976)
Top 5% $2.7M (exactly $2,736,887)
Developers, 2 yr 54
Released games 115
Announced 64
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 down 10% on the market, supply 160% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Combat
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Vampires
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Combat; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, RPG
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 42,057 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $1.9k, 1 in 4 over $23k, 1 in 20 over $2.7M.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 64 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Real-Time with PauseStrong odds14 devs · median $15k · 12 announced
  2. + 4XFair32 devs · median $3.8k · 48 announced
  3. + TypingFair20 devs · median $2.2k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair21 devs · median $1.2k · 24 announced
  5. + Walking SimulatorFair51 devs · median $599 · 61 announced
  6. + Match 3Long shot13 devs · median $359 · 16 announced
  7. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds32 devs · median $55k · 85 announced
  8. + Political SimPoor odds14 devs · median $49k · 22 announced
  9. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds21 devs · median $31k · 47 announced
  10. + Dating SimPoor odds23 devs · median $19k · 45 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds52 devs · median $16k · 90 announced
  12. + ProgrammingPoor odds10 devs · median $14k · 19 announced

All 248 pairs on the Combat page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Blood of Dawnwalker 2026 · $33M Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden 2024 · $9.6M Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors 2026 · $5.6M Redfall 2023 · $3.0M Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered 2024 · $2.7M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Blood of Dawnwalker $69.99 15,789 86% 474k $33M (exactly $33,152,163) Rebel Wolves
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden older $49.99 6,429 84% 193k $9.6M (exactly $9,641,571) DON'T NOD
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors $9.99 18,587 96% 558k $5.6M (exactly $5,570,524) poncle, Nosebleed Interactive
Redfall older $39.99 2,460 40% 74k $3.0M (exactly $2,951,262) Arkane Austin
Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered $29.99 3,042 90% 91k $2.7M (exactly $2,736,887) Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut older $14.99 1,593 90% 48k $716k (exactly $716,372) Terminal Reality
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity older $14.99 1,219 91% 37k $548k (exactly $548,184) Ankake Spa
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered $24.99 641 96% 19k $481k (exactly $480,558) Crystal Dynamics, PlayEveryWare
Necrosmith older $2.99 4,885 85% 147k $438k (exactly $438,185) Alawar
Rocket Rats $5.99 2,388 94% 72k $429k (exactly $429,124) Gagonfe
绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~ $12.99 697 88% 21k $272k (exactly $271,621) Charge Piggy Studio
Marisa of Liartop Mountain $14.99 286 84% 8.6k $129k (exactly $128,614) Alliance Arts, UnknownX
Hordes of Hunger $14.99 230 72% 6.9k $103k (exactly $103,431) Hyperstrange
No Socks RPG $9.99 286 92% 8.6k $86k (exactly $85,714) Spicyfuse
Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall · EA $19.99 111 71% 3.3k $67k (exactly $66,567) A Memory of Eternity

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.