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Niches / Adventure + Side Scroller
Adventure + Side Scroller
Games tagged both Adventure and Side Scroller: 339 indie paid launches, 8 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Adventure + Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Adventure and is about level with Side Scroller; 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.
Adventure + Side Scroller trails both its tags: 11.1 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.7 in 100 for Adventure and 16.9 in 100 for Side Scroller.
That is about 0.5 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 45 games tagged both Adventure and Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. 11.1 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.9 in 100 for Adventure-only games and 19.6 in 100 for Side Scroller-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 45 games priced $10 to $20; 11.1 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 73 in 100 · $10k+ 29 in 100 · $100k+ 11 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 45 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.
Adventure + Side Scroller is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view328 of 339 launches | Without the breakout338 of 339 launches | Last 18 months89 of 339 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3398 hits | 3288 hits | 3387 hits | 894 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.4 in 1001 in 42 | 2.4 in 1001 in 41 | 2.1 in 1001 in 48 | 4 of 89too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $350top tenth $11,624+ | $377 | $350 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.4%0.1 more in 100 | -12.2%0.3 fewer in 100 | +90.4%2.1 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.7%$27 more | 0.0%no change | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Adventure and Side Scroller, 12 to 36 months old: 339 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 11 of 339 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (60.6% of the money): 338 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 89 of 339.
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.
Side Scroller 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.
| Side Scroller | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,054 of 1,076 launches | Without the breakout1,075 of 1,076 launches | Last 18 months284 of 1,076 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,07644 hits | 1,05443 hits | 1,07543 hits | 28411 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 25 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 | 3.9 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $349top tenth $21,855+ | $349 | $348 | $291 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.2%no change | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -5.3%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | -0.3%$1 less | -16.6%$58 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Side Scroller, 12 to 36 months old: 1,076 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 1,076 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (18.1% of the money): 1,075 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 284 of 1,076.
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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