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.
Adventure + Arcade
Games tagged both Adventure and Arcade: 590 indie paid launches, 11 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Adventure + Arcade priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Adventure and is about level with Arcade; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Adventure and is too small to compare with Arcade.
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.
Adventure + Arcade is too small to compare with Adventure and is too small to compare with Arcade: 4 of its 60 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.7 in 100 for Adventure and 11.7 in 100 for Arcade.
Small sample: 60 launches, 4 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 60 games tagged both Adventure and Arcade priced $10 to $20. 4 of 60 of them earned $100k+, against 16.2 in 100 for Adventure-only games and 12.8 in 100 for Arcade-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Adventure alone and is too small to compare with Arcade alone.
Both: 60 games priced $10 to $20; 4 of 60 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 72 in 100 · $10k+ 27 in 100 · $100k+ 4 of 60 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 60 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: 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.
Adventure + Arcade is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view586 of 590 launches | Without the breakout589 of 590 launches | Last 18 months153 of 590 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 59011 hits | 58611 hits | 58910 hits | 1534 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.9 in 1001 in 54 | 1.9 in 1001 in 53 | 1.7 in 1001 in 59 | 4 of 153too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $174top tenth $6,323+ | $174 | $172 | $217 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.7%no change | -8.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | +40.2%0.7 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | -1.1%$2 less | +24.7%$43 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Adventure and Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 590 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 590 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, UFO 50 (50.6% of the money): 589 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 153 of 590.
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 view7,233 of 7,710 launches | Without the breakout7,709 of 7,710 launches | Last 18 months2,176 of 7,710 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 7,710449 hits | 7,233421 hits | 7,709448 hits | 2,176124 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $618top tenth $35,206+ | $643 | $618 | $707 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.1%no change | -0.2%no change | -2.1%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.0%$25 more | 0.0%no change | +14.4%$89 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Adventure, 12 to 36 months old: 7,710 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 477 of 7,710 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 (27.4% of the money): 7,709 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,176 of 7,710.
Arcade is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Arcade | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,602 of 3,624 launches | Without the breakout3,623 of 3,624 launches | Last 18 months1,016 of 3,624 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,62489 hits | 3,60288 hits | 3,62388 hits | 1,01634 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.5 in 1001 in 41 | 2.4 in 1001 in 41 | 2.4 in 1001 in 41 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $221top tenth $8,880+ | $221 | $221 | $218 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.5%no change | -1.1%no change | +36.3%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -1.4%$3 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 3,624 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 22 of 3,624 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BALL x PIT (14.9% of the money): 3,623 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,016 of 3,624.
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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