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Should I ship a Vampire Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Vampires
Only 15 developers shipped a Vampire Shoot 'Em Up 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, Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $2,018,478) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 125% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
- Shoot 'Em Up; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Bullet Hell, Action, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 4,080 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FaithFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil 2026 · $2.0M 
Apocalypse Party 2023 · $1.4M 
Goobies 2023 · $335k 
Touhou Koumakyou: Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil 2026 · $101k 
东方栖霞园 ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere. 2021 · $89k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil | $17.99 | 3,740 98% | 112k | $2.0M (exactly $2,018,478) | 上海アリス幻樂団, 上海アリスReprise | |
| | Apocalypse Party | older | $9.99 | 4,658 72% | 140k | $1.4M (exactly $1,396,003) | Breaker Games |
| | Goobies | older | $5.99 | 1,866 90% | 56k | $335k (exactly $335,320) | Höganäs Spel |
| | Touhou Koumakyou: Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil | $17.99 | 188 98% | 5.6k | $101k (exactly $101,464) | 上海アリス幻樂団, 上海アリスReprise | |
| | 东方栖霞园 ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere. | older | $9.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | 东方祈华梦制作组 |
 | Larva Mortus | older | $4.99 | 511 76% | 15k | $76k (exactly $76,497) | · |
 | Hero of Fate | older | $2.99 | 495 78% | 15k | $44k (exactly $44,402) | Planescape Game Studio |
 | Crimson Dawn | older | $3.99 | 328 61% | 9.8k | $39k (exactly $39,262) | Purple Lake |
 | Burst Hero | older | $2.99 | 77 87% | 2.3k | $6.9k (exactly $6,907) | YaYa Game |
 | Mystic Explorer | $4.99 | 45 75% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Zack | |
 | Red Pistol | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Ace Horizon Studios | |
 | NUMANUIN | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Siberian Mouse | |
 | PLAGUN – The Plague Goes On | $4.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Talkinguns | |
 | Eldabyss | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Fleshed Out Interactive | |
 | Dracs After Dusk | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | OliveHillStudios | |
 | Scary World | $2.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Keith Burgun Games | |
 | Santa's Last Stand | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | DeathWishGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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