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Niches / 2D + Action Roguelike
2D + Action Roguelike
Games tagged both 2D and Action Roguelike: 626 indie paid launches, 17 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 2D + Action Roguelike priced $10 to $20.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
2D + Action Roguelike is about level with 2D and trails Action Roguelike: 15.9 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 16.6 in 100 for 2D and 27.1 in 100 for Action Roguelike.
That is about 0.8 times the 20.5 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.
Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 44 games tagged both 2D and Action Roguelike priced $10 to $20. 15.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 16.6 in 100 for 2D-only games and 29.6 in 100 for Action Roguelike-only games, so the mix is about level with 2D alone and trails Action Roguelike alone.
Both: 44 games priced $10 to $20; 15.9 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 91 in 100 · $10k+ 55 in 100 · $100k+ 16 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 44 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
2D + Action Roguelike holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view592 of 626 launches | Without the breakout625 of 626 launches | Last 18 months174 of 626 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 62617 hits | 59215 hits | 62516 hits | 1744 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 | 2.5 in 1001 in 39 | 2.6 in 1001 in 39 | 4 of 174too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $406top tenth $14,594+ | $442 | $405 | $386 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -6.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -5.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -15.3%0.4 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +8.9%$36 more | -0.2%$1 less | -4.9%$20 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D and Action Roguelike, 12 to 36 months old: 626 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 34 of 626 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Rabbit and Steel (20.1% of the money): 625 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 174 of 626.
2D holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| 2D | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,851 of 8,361 launches | Without the breakout8,360 of 8,361 launches | Last 18 months2,328 of 8,361 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8,361283 hits | 7,851261 hits | 8,360282 hits | 2,32884 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 30 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.4 in 1001 in 30 | 3.6 in 1001 in 28 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $290top tenth $13,574+ | $295 | $290 | $273 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | +6.6%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.7%$5 more | 0.0%no change | -5.9%$17 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 2D, 12 to 36 months old: 8,361 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 510 of 8,361 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (39.4% of the money): 8,360 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,328 of 8,361.
Action Roguelike holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| Action Roguelike | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,691 of 1,775 launches | Without the breakout1,774 of 1,775 launches | Last 18 months490 of 1,775 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,775123 hits | 1,691114 hits | 1,774122 hits | 49038 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 6.9 in 1001 in 15 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $648top tenth $54,395+ | $707 | $648 | $780 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | +11.9%0.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.1%$59 more | 0.0%no change | +20.4%$132 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action Roguelike, 12 to 36 months old: 1,775 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 84 of 1,775 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (23.4% of the money): 1,774 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 490 of 1,775.
A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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