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Vampire Therapist

Little Bat Games · 2024-07-18

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

94%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)
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
  • · 159 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 18,835 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,002 total reviews — how this is computed.

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.

Attention

4482026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 42 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-03 — 20 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 29 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 44 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 35 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 26 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 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

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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