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Niches / Anime + Bullet Hell

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Anime + Bullet Hell

Games tagged both Anime and Bullet Hell: 60 indie paid launches, 5 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 Anime + Bullet Hell priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Anime and beats Bullet Hell; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Anime and is too small to compare with Bullet Hell.

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

Anime + Bullet Hell is too small to compare with Anime and is too small to compare with Bullet Hell: 2 of its 10 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.5 in 100 for Anime and 21.0 in 100 for Bullet Hell.

Small sample: 10 launches, 2 hits.

TIETied
Tag onemood tagAnime
14.5in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds14.5 in 100
Typical earnings$10,140
Launches345 / 50 hits
Pair against ittoo few hits to compare
TIEA tie
This pairAnime + Bullet Hell
2 of 10launches earned
$100k+ small
Odds2 of 10 launches
$1k+10 of 10 launches
$10k+8 of 10 launches
Launches10 / 2 hits
Expected20.5 in 100
TIEA tie
21.0in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds21.0 in 100
Typical earnings$11,599
Launches124 / 26 hits
Pair against ittoo few hits to compare
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 $20Anime 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
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 10 games tagged both Anime and Bullet Hell priced $10 to $20. 2 of 10 of them earned $100k+, against 14.3 in 100 for Anime-only games and 21.1 in 100 for Bullet Hell-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Anime alone and is too small to compare with Bullet Hell alone.

Both: 10 games priced $10 to $20; 2 of 10 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 10 of 10 launches · $10k+ 8 of 10 launches · $100k+ 2 of 10 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 10 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

Rabbit and Steelleads this pair50.5%
PairRabbit and Steel50.5%
AnimeGranblue Fantasy: Relink24.1%
Bullet HellDELTARUNE44.3%
CheckOne game over half?yes
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Anime + Bullet Hell

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

  • Rabbit and Steel earned 50.5% of the estimated first-year money of the 60 Anime + Bullet Hell launches.
  • Anime is led by Granblue Fantasy: Relink, with 24.1% of its money.
  • Bullet Hell is led by DELTARUNE, with 44.3% of its money.
  • One game holds over half of this pair's money: read every figure here as that game's story.

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

Anime + Bullet Hell is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money.

Anime + Bullet Hell through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view50 of 60 launchesWithout the breakout59 of 60 launchesLast 18 months16 of 60 launches
Launches counted605 hits502 hits594 hits161 hits
Earned $100k+8.3 in 1001 in 122 of 50too few for a rate4 of 59too few for a rate1 of 16too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+35 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 60 in 100under 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Chance against standardthe base-52.0%4.3 fewer in 100; too few to tell-18.6%1.6 fewer in 100-25.0%2.1 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standardthe baseunder 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Does it hold?The base viewToo few to tellMoves the answerToo few to tell
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Bullet Hell, 12 to 36 months old: 60 launches.

Launches counted
605 hits
Earned $100k+
8.3 in 1001 in 12
Chance of $10k+
35 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 60 in 100
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 10 of 60 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
502 hits
Earned $100k+
2 of 50too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-52.0%4.3 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Without the breakoutMoves the answer

Drops the single biggest earner, Rabbit and Steel (50.5% of the money): 59 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
594 hits
Earned $100k+
4 of 59too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-18.6%1.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 16 of 60.

Launches counted
161 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 16too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-25.0%2.1 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Bullet Hell, 12 to 36 months old: 60 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: 10 of 60 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, Rabbit and Steel (50.5% of the money): 59 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: 16 of 60.

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

Anime through every lens, all prices
AnimeBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view1,405 of 1,559 launchesWithout the breakout1,558 of 1,559 launchesLast 18 months429 of 1,559 launches
Launches counted1,559133 hits1,405111 hits1,558132 hits42939 hits
Earned $100k+8.5 in 1001 in 127.9 in 1001 in 138.5 in 1001 in 129.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings$1,070top tenth $76,139+$1,043$1,070$1,308
Chance against standardthe base-7.4%0.6 fewer in 100-0.7%0.1 fewer in 100+6.6%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base-2.5%$27 less0.0%no change+22.2%$238 more
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 12 to 36 months old: 1,559 launches.

Launches counted
1,559133 hits
Earned $100k+
8.5 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$1,070top tenth $76,139+
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: 154 of 1,559 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1,405111 hits
Earned $100k+
7.9 in 1001 in 13
Typical first-year earnings
$1,043
Chance against standard
-7.4%0.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-2.5%$27 less
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Granblue Fantasy: Relink (24.1% of the money): 1,558 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1,558132 hits
Earned $100k+
8.5 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$1,070
Chance against standard
-0.7%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 429 of 1,559.

Launches counted
42939 hits
Earned $100k+
9.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings
$1,308
Chance against standard
+6.6%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standard
+22.2%$238 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 12 to 36 months old: 1,559 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: 154 of 1,559 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, Granblue Fantasy: Relink (24.1% of the money): 1,558 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: 429 of 1,559.

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

Bullet Hell through every lens, all prices
Bullet HellBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view1,321 of 1,380 launchesWithout the breakout1,379 of 1,380 launchesLast 18 months382 of 1,380 launches
Launches counted1,38059 hits1,32153 hits1,37958 hits38220 hits
Earned $100k+4.3 in 1001 in 234.0 in 1001 in 254.2 in 1001 in 245.2 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings$473top tenth $25,883+$486$472$454
Chance against standardthe base-6.2%0.3 fewer in 100-1.6%0.1 fewer in 100+22.5%1.0 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+2.7%$13 more-0.2%$1 less-4.0%$19 less
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Hell, 12 to 36 months old: 1,380 launches.

Launches counted
1,38059 hits
Earned $100k+
4.3 in 1001 in 23
Typical first-year earnings
$473top tenth $25,883+
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: 59 of 1,380 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1,32153 hits
Earned $100k+
4.0 in 1001 in 25
Typical first-year earnings
$486
Chance against standard
-6.2%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+2.7%$13 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (44.3% of the money): 1,379 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1,37958 hits
Earned $100k+
4.2 in 1001 in 24
Typical first-year earnings
$472
Chance against standard
-1.6%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-0.2%$1 less
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 382 of 1,380.

Launches counted
38220 hits
Earned $100k+
5.2 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings
$454
Chance against standard
+22.5%1.0 more in 100
Typical against standard
-4.0%$19 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Hell, 12 to 36 months old: 1,380 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: 59 of 1,380 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, DELTARUNE (44.3% of the money): 1,379 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: 382 of 1,380.

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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