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Should I ship a Vampire Management game?
Management + Vampires
Only 16 developers shipped a Vampire Management 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.. 28 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $970k, ×1558 the market median. Revenue is up 1280% on the market; 28 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,184) |
| Top 5% | $978k (exactly $978,111) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 up 1280% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
- Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,599 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
KeeperRL 2024 · $1.0M 
Vampires: Bloodlord Rising 2026 · EA · $978k 
Blood Bar Tycoon 2025 · $464k 
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars 2020 · $367k 
Necrosmith 2 2024 · $315k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | KeeperRL | older | $19.99 | 1,677 83% | 50k | $1.0M (exactly $1,005,697) | Electric Succubi |
| | Vampires: Bloodlord Rising | · EA | $19.99 | 1,631 70% | 49k | $978k (exactly $978,111) | Mehuman Games |
| | Blood Bar Tycoon | $19.99 | 773 79% | 23k | $464k (exactly $463,568) | Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickst… (Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickster Productions) | |
| | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
| | Necrosmith 2 | older | $7.99 | 1,315 77% | 39k | $315k (exactly $315,206) | Alawar |
 | Arcana Academy | $14.99 | 67 71% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | 2A Studio | |
 | Decks of the Damned | $9.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Thorian Games | |
 | The Vampire Regent | older | $7.99 | 43 81% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | Hosted Games |
 | Brothel of Darkness | older | $4.99 | 32 46% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | FTRGameStudio |
 | Dead Hungry Diner | older | $3.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $4.4k (exactly $4,429) | Black Market Games |
 | Incredible Dracula: Academy of Shadows | $6.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Game Mixer | |
 | Voyeur Villa - Living with Monster Girls Edition | $19.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Sexy Hentai Games Factory | |
 | Incredible Dracula: License to Relax | $6.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Game Mixer | |
 | Cryptid Keeper | $4.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Double Jackdaw | |
 | New Yankee: Pirate Trap | $6.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Alawar Casual | |
 | New Yankee: Jelly Chaos | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Alawar Casual |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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