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Should I ship a Vampire Logic game?
Logic + Vampires
Only 12 developers shipped a Vampire Logic 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, Space Accident VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.4k. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 14 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,095) |
| Top 5% | $118k (exactly $117,741) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 100% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 610 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LovecraftianFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + NoirFair
- + HackingFair
- + DragonsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
- + Visual NovelFair
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Space Accident VR | $16.99 | 231 82% | 6.9k | $118k (exactly $117,741) | VR-WRG | |
| | Rabbit Riot | older | $39.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $59k (exactly $58,785) | Reactor Studios |
| | Dofamine VR | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | VR-WRG | |
| | Spooky Express | $14.99 | 80 98% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Draknek and Friends | |
| | Slayaway Camp 2 | $12.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | Blue Wizard Digital | |
| | EXIT The Game – Trial of the Griffin | older | $7.99 | 71 84% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $17,019) | Nementic Games |
| | Magic Сity Detective: Secret Desire Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 27 7% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Do Games Limited |
| | 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 | |
| | Incredible Dracula: License to Relax | $6.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Game Mixer | |
| | The Exorcist | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Necto | |
| | Gloomy Tales: Hotel Frightsylvania Collector’s Edition | $8.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Do Games Limited | |
| | New Yankee: Pirate Trap | $6.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Alawar Casual | |
| | Prince of Darkness Jr. | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Pond Area |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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