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Should I ship a Vampire Tactical game?
Tactical + Vampires
Only 12 developers shipped a Vampire Tactical 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, Slayaway Camp 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $19,095) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 30% fewer 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
- Tactical
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 87% positive over 105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
SaGa Emerald Beyond 2024 · $462k 
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars 2020 · $367k 
Necrosmith 2 2024 · $315k 
Necroking 2024 · $128k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | SaGa Emerald Beyond | older | $49.99 | 308 72% | 9.2k | $462k (exactly $461,908) | Square Enix |
| | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
| | Necrosmith 2 | older | $7.99 | 1,315 77% | 39k | $315k (exactly $315,206) | Alawar |
| | Necroking | older | $4.99 | 857 81% | 26k | $128k (exactly $128,293) | KORO.GAMES |
 | 异变战区 E.E.R.I.E | older | $6.99 | 441 79% | 13k | $92k (exactly $92,478) | Ureasoft |
 | Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition | older | $12.99 | 213 72% | 6.4k | $83k (exactly $83,006) | Nomad Games |
 | Rabbit Riot | older | $39.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $59k (exactly $58,785) | Reactor Studios |
 | Blade Prince Academy | older | $19.99 | 58 65% | 1.7k | $35k (exactly $34,783) | Angel Corp |
 | Slayaway Camp 2 | $12.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | Blue Wizard Digital | |
 | Frogmageddon | $4.99 | 45 91% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Frog Mage Udon, Sunset Dreamland | |
 | DevilReversi | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | RomanKitayama | |
 | Mobs 'N Monsters | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ghostie Games | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon | |
 | Gamers Club Repeat | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | S Xavier Uy | |
 | Ambasu | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Ekofi Gaming |
 | Prince Nikolai and the Vampires | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RetroLove Inc. | |
 | The Rise of the New Han Prince | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OKErosefinch |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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