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Niches / Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven
Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven
Games tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Heaven: 116 indie paid launches, 17 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Action Roguelike and is about level with Bullet Heaven; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Action Roguelike and is too small to compare with Bullet Heaven.
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 Roguelike + Bullet Heaven is too small to compare with Action Roguelike and is too small to compare with Bullet Heaven: 6 of its 14 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 27.1 in 100 for Action Roguelike and 8 of 20 launches for Bullet Heaven.
Small sample: 14 launches, 6 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 14 games tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Heaven priced $10 to $20. 6 of 14 of them earned $100k+, against 26.1 in 100 for Action Roguelike-only games and 2 of 6 for Bullet Heaven-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Action Roguelike alone and is too small to compare with Bullet Heaven alone.
Both: 14 games priced $10 to $20; 6 of 14 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 14 of 14 launches · $10k+ 11 of 14 launches · $100k+ 6 of 14 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 14 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.
Action Roguelike + Bullet Heaven 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 view114 of 116 launches | Without the breakout115 of 116 launches | Last 18 months39 of 116 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 11617 hits | 11417 hits | 11516 hits | 395 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.7 in 100 | 14.9 in 100 | 13.9 in 100 | 12.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $8,398top tenth $225,036+ | $7,490 | $7,490 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.8%0.3 more in 100 | -5.1%0.7 fewer in 100 | -12.5%1.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -10.8%$908 less | -10.8%$908 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Heaven, 12 to 36 months old: 116 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 116 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (46.6% of the money): 115 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 39 of 116.
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.
Bullet Heaven 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.
| Bullet Heaven | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view140 of 142 launches | Without the breakout141 of 142 launches | Last 18 months52 of 142 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 14220 hits | 14020 hits | 14119 hits | 526 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.1 in 100 | 14.3 in 100 | 13.5 in 100 | 11.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $8,217top tenth $224,440+ | $7,490 | $7,490 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.4%0.2 more in 100 | -4.3%0.6 fewer in 100 | -18.1%2.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -8.8%$727 less | -8.8%$727 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Heaven, 12 to 36 months old: 142 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 142 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (45.2% of the money): 141 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 52 of 142.
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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