Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Pick up to three tags and a price. Get a plain answer: your odds of a $100k first year, what launches like yours earned, what you are up against, and what to watch for.
23 in 100 Co-op + First-Person launches at any price earned $100k+ in their first year. That is better than the 1 in 16 for all indie launches: about 3.8 times the rate.
23 in 100
Notch: 1 in 16 for all indie launches.
$5,664
6% of the way to $100k. Half earned less. Notch: $606, all indie launches.
91 launches
At any price, in two years (about 46 a year). Busier than 52 in 100 tag pairs; the notch is the middle one.
524 games
Coming-soon games with these tags. More than 95 in 100 tag pairs. Highest on wishlists: P.O.N. (#52), Invokyr (#215).
Only the typical figure is measured for this lens.
Co-op + First-Person at any price past the $100k line (squeezed to fit, not to scale) all indie launches
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In the West-facing view (games mostly reviewed outside China), typical earnings rise 39% (to $10,408).
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Lens checkAudience-sensitive. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: moves the answer. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
Standard, West-facing view, Without the breakout, Last 18 months. Lenses use all prices.Earnings are estimated from store reviews, so the $100k line is soft: across the estimate's range, the share of all indie launches above it runs from about 5 to 8 in 100.
Indie paid launches 6 to 30 months old, measured 1 Oct 2026. Coming-soon counts from the store, 30 Sep 2026.
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Top earners with these tags, est. lifetime grossFree until launch
Ticker: 30 upcoming games dated within 90 days, with wishlist rank, release date and followers. The same list is on the Upcoming page.