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Niches / Adventure + Interactive Fiction

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Adventure + Interactive Fiction

Games tagged both Adventure and Interactive Fiction: 559 indie paid launches, 28 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

  • A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
  • Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
  • From 26,758 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 2 Nov 2026. How it is measured.

Showing Adventure + Interactive Fiction priced $10 to $20.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of 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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?$10 to $20

Adventure + Interactive Fiction is about level with Adventure and is about level with Interactive Fiction: 14.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.7 in 100 for Adventure and 15.3 in 100 for Interactive Fiction.

That is about 0.7 times the 20.5 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.

TIEA tie
Tag onemood tagAdventure
15.7in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds15.7 in 100
Typical earnings$8,393
Launches1,315 / 207 hits
A tie, apart by1.5 in 100
TIEA tie
This pairAdventure + Interactive Fiction
14.3in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds14.3 in 100
$1k+80 in 100
$10k+52 in 100
Launches98 / 14 hits
Expected20.5 in 100
TIEA tie
Tag twoInteractive Fiction
15.3in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds15.3 in 100
Typical earnings$10,537
Launches235 / 36 hits
A tie, apart by1.0 in 100
All indie launches $10 to $20: 20.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $11,233, from 4,337 launches.each block is 2 in 100 all indie at $10 to $20Adventure is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page
All prices559 in pairUnder $5265 in pair$5 to $10176 in pair$10 to $2098 in pair$20 to $4020 in pair
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 98 games tagged both Adventure and Interactive Fiction priced $10 to $20. 14.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.9 in 100 for Adventure-only games and 16.1 in 100 for Interactive Fiction-only games, so the mix is about level with Adventure alone and is about level with Interactive Fiction alone.

Both: 98 games priced $10 to $20; 14.3 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 80 in 100 · $10k+ 52 in 100 · $100k+ 14 in 100.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 98 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynastyleads this pair23.4%
PairThe Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty23.4%
AdventurePalworld27.4%
Interactive FictionThe Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty11.6%
CheckOne game over half?no
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

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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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Adventure + Interactive Fiction

What this card holds

  • Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
  • One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
  • Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready
Same price banddata ready
Launched within a year of each otherplanned
Earned $100k+planned
The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

  • The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty earned 23.4% of the estimated first-year money of the 559 Adventure + Interactive Fiction launches.
  • Adventure is led by Palworld, with 27.4% of its money.
  • It also leads Interactive Fiction, with 11.6% of that tag's money.
  • No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Adventure + Interactive Fiction 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 + Interactive Fiction through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view505 of 559 launchesWithout the breakout558 of 559 launchesLast 18 months169 of 559 launches
Launches counted55928 hits50524 hits55827 hits1697 hits
Earned $100k+5.0 in 1001 in 204.8 in 1001 in 214.8 in 1001 in 214.1 in 1001 in 24
Typical first-year earnings$888top tenth $31,226+$851$888$900
Chance against standardthe base-5.1%0.3 fewer in 100-3.4%0.2 fewer in 100-17.3%0.9 fewer in 100
Typical against standardthe base-4.2%$37 less0.0%no change+1.4%$12 more
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Adventure and Interactive Fiction, 12 to 36 months old: 559 launches.

Launches counted
55928 hits
Earned $100k+
5.0 in 1001 in 20
Typical first-year earnings
$888top tenth $31,226+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 54 of 559 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
50524 hits
Earned $100k+
4.8 in 1001 in 21
Typical first-year earnings
$851
Chance against standard
-5.1%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-4.2%$37 less
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (23.4% of the money): 558 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
55827 hits
Earned $100k+
4.8 in 1001 in 21
Typical first-year earnings
$888
Chance against standard
-3.4%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 169 of 559.

Launches counted
1697 hits
Earned $100k+
4.1 in 1001 in 24
Typical first-year earnings
$900
Chance against standard
-17.3%0.9 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+1.4%$12 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Adventure and Interactive Fiction, 12 to 36 months old: 559 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 54 of 559 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (23.4% of the money): 558 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 169 of 559.

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 through every lens, all prices
AdventureBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view7,233 of 7,710 launchesWithout the breakout7,709 of 7,710 launchesLast 18 months2,176 of 7,710 launches
Launches counted7,710449 hits7,233421 hits7,709448 hits2,176124 hits
Earned $100k+5.8 in 1001 in 175.8 in 1001 in 175.8 in 1001 in 175.7 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings$618top tenth $35,206+$643$618$707
Chance against standardthe base-0.1%no change-0.2%no change-2.1%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standardthe base+4.0%$25 more0.0%no change+14.4%$89 more
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Adventure, 12 to 36 months old: 7,710 launches.

Launches counted
7,710449 hits
Earned $100k+
5.8 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$618top tenth $35,206+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

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.

Launches counted
7,233421 hits
Earned $100k+
5.8 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$643
Chance against standard
-0.1%no change
Typical against standard
+4.0%$25 more
Without the breakoutHolds

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.

Launches counted
7,709448 hits
Earned $100k+
5.8 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$618
Chance against standard
-0.2%no change
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,176 of 7,710.

Launches counted
2,176124 hits
Earned $100k+
5.7 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings
$707
Chance against standard
-2.1%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+14.4%$89 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Adventure, 12 to 36 months old: 7,710 launches.
West-facing view
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.
Without the breakout
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.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,176 of 7,710.

Interactive Fiction is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Interactive Fiction through every lens, all prices
Interactive FictionBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view1,127 of 1,284 launchesWithout the breakout1,283 of 1,284 launchesLast 18 months384 of 1,284 launches
Launches counted1,28469 hits1,12751 hits1,28368 hits38425 hits
Earned $100k+5.4 in 1001 in 194.5 in 1001 in 225.3 in 1001 in 196.5 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings$823top tenth $35,638+$810$822$865
Chance against standardthe base-15.8%0.8 fewer in 100-1.4%0.1 fewer in 100+21.2%1.1 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base-1.6%$13 less-0.1%$1 less+5.1%$42 more
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Interactive Fiction, 12 to 36 months old: 1,284 launches.

Launches counted
1,28469 hits
Earned $100k+
5.4 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings
$823top tenth $35,638+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 157 of 1,284 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1,12751 hits
Earned $100k+
4.5 in 1001 in 22
Typical first-year earnings
$810
Chance against standard
-15.8%0.8 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-1.6%$13 less
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (11.6% of the money): 1,283 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1,28368 hits
Earned $100k+
5.3 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings
$822
Chance against standard
-1.4%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-0.1%$1 less
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 384 of 1,284.

Launches counted
38425 hits
Earned $100k+
6.5 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings
$865
Chance against standard
+21.2%1.1 more in 100
Typical against standard
+5.1%$42 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Interactive Fiction, 12 to 36 months old: 1,284 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 157 of 1,284 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (11.6% of the money): 1,283 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 384 of 1,284.

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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