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Should I ship a Vampire Open World game?
Open World + Vampires
Only 15 developers shipped a Vampire Open World 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, The Blood of Dawnwalker, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $23k, ×16 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.1k. Revenue is up 4935% on the market; 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) |
|---|---|
| Median | $23k (exactly $23,384) |
| Top 25% | $978k (exactly $978,111) |
| Top 5% | $33M (exactly $33,152,163) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 4935% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Open World
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Vampires
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Open World
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 33,554 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
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Comparable games
Resident Evil Village 2021 · $128M 
V Rising 2024 · $116M 
The Blood of Dawnwalker 2026 · $33M 
Vampyr 2018 · $24M 
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 2025 · $19M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resident Evil Village | older | $39.99 | 106,447 95% | 3.2M | $128M (exactly $127,704,466) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | V Rising | older | $34.99 | 110,505 89% | 3.3M | $116M (exactly $115,997,098) | Stunlock Studios |
| | The Blood of Dawnwalker | $69.99 | 15,789 86% | 474k | $33M (exactly $33,152,163) | Rebel Wolves | |
| | Vampyr | older | $39.99 | 20,081 77% | 602k | $24M (exactly $24,091,176) | DONTNOD Entertainment |
| | Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 | $59.99 | 10,443 55% | 313k | $19M (exactly $18,794,267) | The Chinese Room | |
 | CODE VEIN II | $69.99 | 5,193 66% | 156k | $11M (exactly $10,903,742) | Bandai Namco Studios Inc. | |
 | The Infected | · EA older | $15.99 | 6,583 84% | 197k | $3.2M (exactly $3,157,865) | DigX Studios |
 | Redfall | older | $39.99 | 2,460 40% | 74k | $3.0M (exactly $2,951,262) | Arkane Austin |
 | AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead ＆ Undressed | older | $19.99 | 3,076 84% | 92k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,677) | ACQUIRE Corp. |
 | Vampires: Bloodlord Rising | · EA | $19.99 | 1,631 70% | 49k | $978k (exactly $978,111) | Mehuman Games |
 | Near-Mage | $19.99 | 180 89% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Stuck In Attic | |
 | Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall | · EA | $19.99 | 111 71% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | The Book of Outcasts | $9.99 | 101 70% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | kamti | |
 | Magissy | $14.99 | 52 46% | 1.6k | $23k (exactly $23,384) | Bit Fat Games | |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | Hybrid Blood | · EA | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Huggman |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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