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Should I ship a Vampire Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Vampires
Only 15 developers shipped a Vampire Dungeon Crawler 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, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.0k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $5.5M, ×8870 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.0k (exactly $7,015) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,588) |
| Top 5% | $5.6M (exactly $5,570,524) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium 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
- Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 19,136 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Word GameFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + DwarvesPoor odds
Comparable games
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors 2026 · $5.6M 
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2013 · $3.5M 
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II 2014 · $879k 
#BLUD 2024 · $223k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors | $9.99 | 18,587 96% | 558k | $5.6M (exactly $5,570,524) | poncle, Nosebleed Interactive | |
| | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | older | $14.99 | 7,720 83% | 232k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,684) | NeocoreGames |
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II | older | $14.99 | 1,954 70% | 59k | $879k (exactly $878,714) | NeocoreGames |
| | #BLUD | older | $24.99 | 298 78% | 8.9k | $223k (exactly $223,411) | Exit 73 Games |
 | BloodLust Shadowhunter | older | $9.99 | 338 79% | 10k | $101k (exactly $101,299) | WRF Studios |
 | Golden Krone Hotel | older | $9.99 | 313 94% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,806) | Vulgat |
 | Project: AHNO's Ark | $12.99 | 120 92% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | PHOSEPO | |
 | BloodLust 2: Nemesis | older | $12.99 | 101 74% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | WRF Studios |
 | The Naughty Vampire and the Moaning Forest | $5.99 | 157 71% | 4.7k | $28k (exactly $28,213) | marron☆marron | |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Deadhaus Sonata | · EA | $19.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Apocalypse Studios |
 | Sword Mistress of the Dungeon Town | $17.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | ラブリープリチー超愛してる, Lovely Pretty Ultra Lov… (ラブリープリチー超愛してる, Lovely Pretty Ultra Loving You) | |
 | Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie | $4.99 | 102 89% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | DVS | |
 | Onychomp : Lush journey | $12.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $7.0k (exactly $7,015) | Howl Studio | |
 | Legendary Heroes Survivors | $2.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Last Loop Studios | |
 | DIMENGUARD | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | RayMag |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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