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Should I ship a Vampire Stealth game?
Stealth + Vampires
Only 14 developers shipped a Vampire Stealth 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, Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2, 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, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×29927 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 28 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,529) |
| Top 5% | $19M (exactly $18,794,267) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, FPS
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Dark, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 55% positive over 10,520 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + World War IIPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Vampyr 2018 · $24M 
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 2025 · $19M 
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2007 · $8.3M 
Redfall 2023 · $3.0M 
DEADBOLT 2016 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 | |
| | Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | older | $19.99 | 13,889 94% | 417k | $8.3M (exactly $8,329,233) | Troika Games |
| | Redfall | older | $39.99 | 2,460 40% | 74k | $3.0M (exactly $2,951,262) | Arkane Austin |
| | DEADBOLT | older | $9.99 | 4,852 96% | 146k | $1.5M (exactly $1,454,144) | Hopoo Games |
 | Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain | older | $6.99 | 1,087 66% | 33k | $228k (exactly $227,944) | · |
 | DARK | older | $9.99 | 743 54% | 22k | $223k (exactly $222,677) | Realmforge Studios |
 | Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice | older | $29.99 | 235 64% | 7.1k | $211k (exactly $211,430) | Fast Travel Games |
 | Vampire Mansion | older | $3.99 | 945 93% | 28k | $113k (exactly $113,116) | eTIRUe |
 | [DE:]Fanastasis | older | $19.99 | 177 96% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Mosamosa |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Evil Of Fate | · EA | $4.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Route Games |
 | EVERDARK: Undead Apocalypse | $16.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.5k (exactly $1,529) | ESDIP_GAMES, Everdark Labs | |
 | SevenDay | $3.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | KX Games | |
 | Labyrinth : Dracula's lair | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | MyceliumGames | |
 | Vampire Prison | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | MYJIKA INC. | |
 | Shuttering | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Grimmdark | |
 | Escape From Vampire Castle: Miss Luna's Diary | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | MYJIKA INC. | |
 | Vlad the Landlord | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Melinus Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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