Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Action + Survival
Games tagged both Action and Survival: 421 indie paid launches, 20 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action + Survival priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Action and trails Survival; 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.
Action + Survival trails both its tags: 15.2 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 18.9 in 100 for Action and 25.4 in 100 for Survival.
That is about 0.7 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 66 games tagged both Action and Survival priced $10 to $20. 15.2 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.2 in 100 for Action-only games and 30.4 in 100 for Survival-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 66 games priced $10 to $20; 15.2 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 82 in 100 · $10k+ 45 in 100 · $100k+ 15 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 66 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 checkAudience split. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: moves the answer. 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.
Action + Survival is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view412 of 421 launches | Without the breakout420 of 421 launches | Last 18 months112 of 421 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 42120 hits | 41218 hits | 42019 hits | 1126 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 | 4.4 in 1001 in 23 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $526top tenth $28,053+ | $541 | $526 | $636 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -8.0%0.4 fewer in 100 | -4.8%0.2 fewer in 100 | +12.8%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.9%$15 more | 0.0%no change | +20.9%$110 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action and Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 421 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 421 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Escape From Duckov (42.1% of the money): 420 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 112 of 421.
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.
Survival 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.
| Survival | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view991 of 1,033 launches | Without the breakout1,032 of 1,033 launches | Last 18 months283 of 1,033 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,033105 hits | 991101 hits | 1,032104 hits | 28325 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.2 in 100 | 10.2 in 100 | 10.1 in 100 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,081top tenth $103,143+ | $1,116 | $1,081 | $1,087 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.3%no change | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.1%1.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +3.2%$35 more | 0.0%no change | +0.6%$6 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 1,033 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 1,033 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 (36.7% of the money): 1,032 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 283 of 1,033.
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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