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Vampire Therapist

Little Bat Games · 2024-07-18

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Side view, Text

Releases: Jul 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2024 (Linux), Jul 18, 2024 (Mac), Feb 17, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Feb 17, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 17, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

Vampire Therapist is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1015 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (62 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Vampire Therapist is a 2024 narrative adventure game and visual novel developed and published by Little Bat Games. It was released on July 18, 2024, for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and on February 17, 2026 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The game received positive reviews and was nominated for a BAFTA Games Award.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 159 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 50,970 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-07-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 53 of 83 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020242026Week of 2024-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-09-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-16 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
285Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 72Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 81Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 60Mar 2025 — avg 25 · peak 92Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 70Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 77Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 60Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 36Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 60Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.492024-07-182026-10-162024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-24 — best price $10.492025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-06-18 — best price $9.742025-07-24 — best price $7.492025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $9.742025-12-03 — best price $14.992025-12-15 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-12 — best price $9.742026-03-02 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-04-03 — best price $14.992026-05-15 — best price $9.752026-06-16 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-27 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $9.752026-09-03 — best price $9.752026-09-06 — best price $9.752026-09-09 — best price $9.752026-09-12 — best price $9.752026-09-15 — best price $9.752026-09-18 — best price $9.752026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $9.752026-09-27 — best price $9.752026-09-30 — best price $9.752026-10-03 — best price $9.752026-10-06 — best price $9.752026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-12 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.992026-10-16 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6592026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 26 pageviews2026-06-11 — 23 pageviews2026-06-15 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 29 pageviews2026-07-25 — 17 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 30 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 17 pageviews2026-09-11 — 19 pageviews2026-09-15 — 25 pageviews2026-09-19 — 20 pageviews2026-09-23 — 13 pageviews2026-09-27 — 26 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 24 pageviews2026-10-09 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
95%
earned "First Blood"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-02-07, latest 2025-04-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4904%34
PS5 (PlayStation)5821%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)60%34
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
PS4 (PlayStation)250%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyCasualHorrorLGBTQ+Lore-RichDark HumorHistoricalSimulationStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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