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Should I ship a Vampire Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Vampires
Only 9 developers shipped a Vampire Turn-Based Strategy 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, Few Nights More, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.2k, ×6.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×274 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 22 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $15,269) |
| Top 5% | $172k (exactly $171,785) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 22 |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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 Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 85% positive over 681 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
Rogue Lords 2021 · $1.1M 
King's Bounty: Dark Side 2014 · $551k 
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars 2020 · $367k | 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 |
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | Rogue Lords | older | $24.99 | 1,442 71% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,067) | Leikir Studio, Cyanide Studio |
| | King's Bounty: Dark Side | older | $12.99 | 1,413 72% | 42k | $551k (exactly $550,646) | Fulqrum Publishing |
| | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
 | Few Nights More | $14.99 | 382 81% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Aeterna Ludi | |
 | Golden Krone Hotel | older | $9.99 | 313 94% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,806) | Vulgat |
 | Project: AHNO's Ark | $12.99 | 120 92% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | PHOSEPO | |
 | Deliverance & Reign | older | $7.99 | 106 80% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,408) | One Up Plus |
 | 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 |
 | Boundless AI Fantasy | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | João Vitor Andrioli de Souza | |
 | Hollow INN | $6.49 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) | Nussygame | |
 | Desideratum | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Anaximanes Entertainment | |
 | Gamers Club Repeat | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | S Xavier Uy | |
 | Moon and Fang | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WivernRider |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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