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Should I ship a Vampire Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Vampires
Only 15 developers shipped a Vampire Turn-Based Tactics 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, 绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×433 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $66,567) |
| Top 5% | $272k (exactly $271,621) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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 Tactics
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,190 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars 2020 · $367k 
绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~ 2025 · $272k 
Menherarium: Deadly Dice 2026 · $180k 
Few Nights More 2025 · $172k | 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 |
| | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
| | 绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~ | $12.99 | 697 88% | 21k | $272k (exactly $271,621) | Charge Piggy Studio | |
| | Menherarium: Deadly Dice | $8.99 | 669 92% | 20k | $180k (exactly $180,429) | テスカトリポカ | |
| | Few Nights More | $14.99 | 382 81% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Aeterna Ludi | |
 | Necroking | older | $4.99 | 857 81% | 26k | $128k (exactly $128,293) | KORO.GAMES |
 | Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall | · EA | $19.99 | 111 71% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | 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 | |
 | Touhou DollDraft | older | $14.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | milliondoubts |
 | Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie | $4.99 | 102 89% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | DVS | |
 | DevilReversi | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | RomanKitayama | |
 | Uncanny Valley: Le Petit Morte | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Chris King | |
 | Mistress of Lust: Carmilla | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | ERMedia |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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