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Niches / Action + Hand-drawn
Action + Hand-drawn
Games tagged both Action and Hand-drawn: 152 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action + Hand-drawn priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Action and is about level with Hand-drawn; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Action and is too small to compare with Hand-drawn.
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.
Action + Hand-drawn is too small to compare with Action and is too small to compare with Hand-drawn: 5 of its 21 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 18.9 in 100 for Action and 18.6 in 100 for Hand-drawn.
Small sample: 21 launches, 5 hits.
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 21 games tagged both Action and Hand-drawn priced $10 to $20. 5 of 21 of them earned $100k+, against 18.8 in 100 for Action-only games and 17.9 in 100 for Hand-drawn-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Action alone and is too small to compare with Hand-drawn alone.
Both: 21 games priced $10 to $20; 5 of 21 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 17 of 21 launches · $10k+ 14 of 21 launches · $100k+ 5 of 21 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 21 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.
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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.
Action + Hand-drawn is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view149 of 152 launches | Without the breakout151 of 152 launches | Last 18 months41 of 152 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 15210 hits | 14910 hits | 1519 hits | 414 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 4 of 41too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $353top tenth $38,905+ | $368 | $348 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.0%0.1 more in 100 | -9.4%0.6 fewer in 100 | +48.3%3.2 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.2%$15 more | -1.4%$5 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action and Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 152 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 152 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Nine Sols (67.6% of the money): 151 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 41 of 152.
Action 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 | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,762 of 8,002 launches | Without the breakout8,001 of 8,002 launches | Last 18 months2,181 of 8,002 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8,002415 hits | 7,762398 hits | 8,001414 hits | 2,181126 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $378top tenth $23,253+ | $383 | $378 | $386 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.2%no change | +11.4%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.3%$5 more | 0.0%no change | +2.1%$8 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action, 12 to 36 months old: 8,002 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 240 of 8,002 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (15.3% of the money): 8,001 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,181 of 8,002.
Hand-drawn 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.
| Hand-drawn | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,035 of 1,092 launches | Without the breakout1,091 of 1,092 launches | Last 18 months256 of 1,092 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,09252 hits | 1,03551 hits | 1,09151 hits | 25615 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $869top tenth $31,226+ | $883 | $865 | $1,048 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.5%0.2 more in 100 | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | +23.0%1.1 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.6%$14 more | -0.5%$4 less | +20.6%$179 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 1,092 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 57 of 1,092 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Nine Sols (36.3% of the money): 1,091 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 256 of 1,092.
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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