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Should I ship a Vampire Turn-Based Combat game?
Turn-Based Combat + Vampires
Only 10 developers shipped a Vampire Turn-Based Combat 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 Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $47k, ×74 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $16k; 1 in 20 cleared $5.5M, ×8870 the market median. Revenue is up 905% on the market; 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $15k (exactly $15,269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $47k (exactly $46,764) |
| Top 25% | $112k (exactly $111,544) |
| Top 5% | $5.6M (exactly $5,570,524) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 905% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium 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
- Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 19,827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $16k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors 2026 · $5.6M 
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Rogue Lords 2021 · $1.1M 
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $837k 
SaGa Emerald Beyond 2024 · $462k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors | $9.99 | 18,587 96% | 558k | $5.6M (exactly $5,570,524) | poncle, Nosebleed Interactive | |
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | Rogue Lords | older | $24.99 | 1,442 71% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,067) | Leikir Studio, Cyanide Studio |
| | Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition | older | $14.99 | 1,861 94% | 56k | $837k (exactly $836,892) | Stegosoft Games |
| | SaGa Emerald Beyond | older | $49.99 | 308 72% | 9.2k | $462k (exactly $461,908) | Square Enix |
 | Vampire's Fall: Origins | older | $12.99 | 1,048 78% | 31k | $408k (exactly $408,406) | Early Morning Studio |
 | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
 | 유어 블라이트 | · EA older | $19.99 | 296 87% | 8.9k | $178k (exactly $177,511) | IGNOST |
 | Few Nights More | $14.99 | 382 81% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Aeterna Ludi | |
 | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
 | No Socks RPG | $9.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $86k (exactly $85,714) | Spicyfuse | |
 | Project: AHNO's Ark | $12.99 | 120 92% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | PHOSEPO | |
 | The Book of Outcasts | $9.99 | 101 70% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | kamti | |
 | Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie | $4.99 | 102 89% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | DVS | |
 | Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated | $4.99 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Shadow Layer Games LLC | |
 | Desideratum: Blood Bonds | · EA | $19.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Anaximanes Entertainment |
 | BYTE | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | James Martini |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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