Should I ship a Vampire PvP game?
PvP + Vampires
Only 6 developers shipped a Vampire PvP 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, Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $12k against a market of $1.5k. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,225) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $35,030) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 123,191 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 16 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
V Rising 2024 · $116M 
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA 2021 · $14M 
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends 2024 · $101k 
Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition 2020 · $83k | 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 |
| | MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA | older | $49.99 | 9,130 88% | 274k | $14M (exactly $13,692,261) | FRENCH-BREAD, TYPE-MOON, Lasengle Inc.,… (FRENCH-BREAD, TYPE-MOON, Lasengle Inc., TAMSOFT CORPORATION, GameLoop Inc.) |
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends | $19.99 | 168 72% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | Huracan Studio | |
| | Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition | older | $12.99 | 213 72% | 6.4k | $83k (exactly $83,006) | Nomad Games |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Touhou DollDraft | older | $14.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | milliondoubts |
 | Horror Legends | older | $4.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | October Games |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | LUNA : War of the Moonlight | · EA | $8.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | UBIS Inc. |
 | DevilReversi | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | RomanKitayama | |
 | Silver | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bezier Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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