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Niches / 2D Platformer + Adventure
2D Platformer + Adventure
Games tagged both 2D Platformer and Adventure: 925 indie paid launches, 29 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 2D Platformer + Adventure priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with 2D Platformer and is about level with Adventure; priced $10 to $20 it trails both its tags.
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 Platformer + Adventure trails both its tags: 9.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.8 in 100 for 2D Platformer and 15.9 in 100 for Adventure.
That is 1 in 11, about 0.5 times the 20.4 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 118 games tagged both 2D Platformer and Adventure priced $10 to $20. 9.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.7 in 100 for 2D Platformer-only games and 16.5 in 100 for Adventure-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 118 games priced $10 to $20; 9.3 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 11), typical first-year earnings $5,708.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 118 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 Platformer + Adventure 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 view847 of 925 launches | Without the breakout924 of 925 launches | Last 18 months238 of 925 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 92529 hits | 84728 hits | 92428 hits | 2389 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 3.8 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $172top tenth $10,283+ | $188 | $172 | $211 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +5.4%0.2 more in 100 | -3.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | +20.6%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.3%$16 more | 0.0%no change | +22.7%$39 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D Platformer and Adventure, 12 to 36 months old: 925 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 78 of 925 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Neva (20.4% of the money): 924 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 238 of 925.
2D Platformer 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 Platformer | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,293 of 2,529 launches | Without the breakout2,528 of 2,529 launches | Last 18 months684 of 2,529 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,52985 hits | 2,29377 hits | 2,52884 hits | 68426 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 30 | 3.4 in 1001 in 30 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.8 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $186top tenth $11,185+ | $199 | $186 | $179 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.1%no change | -1.1%no change | +13.1%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.0%$13 more | 0.0%no change | -3.8%$7 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 2D Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 2,529 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 236 of 2,529 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Neva (6.9% of the money): 2,528 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 684 of 2,529.
Adventure 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.
| Adventure | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,105 of 7,573 launches | Without the breakout7,572 of 7,573 launches | Last 18 months2,139 of 7,573 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 7,573449 hits | 7,105421 hits | 7,572448 hits | 2,139123 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $613top tenth $36,975+ | $632 | $613 | $632 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.1%no change | -0.2%no change | -3.0%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +3.1%$19 more | 0.0%no change | +3.1%$19 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Adventure, 12 to 36 months old: 7,573 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 468 of 7,573 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Palworld (28.8% of the money): 7,572 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,139 of 7,573.
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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