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Should I ship a Vampire Crafting game?
Crafting + Vampires
Only 10 developers shipped a Vampire Crafting 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, Vampires: Bloodlord Rising, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $970k, ×1558 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,184) |
| Top 5% | $978k (exactly $978,111) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Crafting
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 72% positive over 1,808 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
V Rising 2024 · $116M 
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019 · $35M 
The Infected 2020 · EA · $3.2M 
Vampires: Bloodlord Rising 2026 · EA · $978k 
Devoid of Shadows 2017 · $52k | 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 |
| | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | older | $39.99 | 29,588 93% | 888k | $35M (exactly $35,496,724) | ArtPlay |
| | The Infected | · EA older | $15.99 | 6,583 84% | 197k | $3.2M (exactly $3,157,865) | DigX Studios |
| | Vampires: Bloodlord Rising | · EA | $19.99 | 1,631 70% | 49k | $978k (exactly $978,111) | Mehuman Games |
| | Devoid of Shadows | older | $8.99 | 193 59% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $52,052) | N-Game Studios |
 | Beatdown City Survivors | $9.99 | 80 98% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,976) | NuChallenger | |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Decks of the Damned | $9.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Thorian Games | |
 | Novivors | older | $4.99 | 46 69% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | Limited Input LLC |
 | Incredible Dracula: Dark Carnival | older | $6.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | Game Mixer |
 | Incredible Dracula: Academy of Shadows | $6.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Game Mixer | |
 | Cryptid Keeper | $4.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Double Jackdaw | |
 | ソドミーファタール | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Jamsanpoid, VampireK.K. | |
 | Lythe The Forgetful Witch: A Visual Novel | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Siren Sigil Studios | |
 | Florida Survivor | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Cheddar Mine Games | |
 | Monster Hookups | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | W Allured | |
 | The Hall That Devours | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pengdong |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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