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Should I ship a Werewolf RPG?
RPG + Werewolves
Of 24 developers who shipped a Werewolf RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.7k, ×7.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×462 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 40 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,331) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 92 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Werewolves
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Character Customization
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Gore, Violent
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,029 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.7k. 7 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Town of Salem 2014 · $4.6M 
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood 2022 · $1.3M 
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
Project Werewulf 2025 · $700k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Town of Salem | older | $4.99 | 30,882 88% | 926k | $4.6M (exactly $4,623,035) | BlankMediaGames |
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood | older | $29.99 | 1,463 69% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,261) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | Project Werewulf | $29.99 | 778 83% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | FTRGameStudio | |
 | Virgo Versus The Zodiac | older | $19.99 | 790 92% | 24k | $474k (exactly $473,763) | Moonana |
 | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest | older | $14.99 | 805 83% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | Different Tales |
 | Wigmund | older | $14.99 | 795 80% | 24k | $358k (exactly $357,512) | The Scholastics |
 | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
 | Eville | older | $14.99 | 433 68% | 13k | $195k (exactly $194,720) | VestGames |
 | No Socks RPG | $9.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $86k (exactly $85,714) | Spicyfuse | |
 | Break Wolf | $11.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $62k (exactly $61,509) | RE Atelier | |
 | Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove | $11.99 | 108 91% | 3.2k | $39k (exactly $38,848) | Choice of Games | |
 | Successor | $24.99 | 43 60% | 1.3k | $32k (exactly $32,237) | Playwood Project | |
 | Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters | $14.99 | 63 80% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | Choice of Games | |
 | Toward Dawn | $14.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Devi Serene | |
 | Bloodcrave | $14.99 | 44 72% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Blue Fiend Studios | |
 | Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie | $4.99 | 102 89% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | DVS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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