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Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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Anime + Cute
Games tagged both Anime and Cute: 659 indie paid launches, 53 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Anime + Cute priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is level with Anime and trails Cute.
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.
Anime + Cute is level with Anime and trails Cute: 14.5 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.7 in 100 for Anime and 16.3 in 100 for Cute.
That is about 0.8 times the 18.6 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: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 159 games tagged both Anime and Cute priced $10 to $20. 14.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.8 for Anime-only games and 16.9 for Cute-only games, so the mix is level with Anime alone and trails Cute alone.
Both: 159 games priced $10 to $20; 14.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $9,066.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 159 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 yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
Open free previewFree until launch: one click opens the card.
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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Anime + Cute holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view613 of 659 launches | Without the breakout658 of 659 launches | Last 18 months344 of 659 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 65953 hits | 61348 hits | 65852 hits | 34423 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.9 in 1001 in 13 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,093top tenth $76,121+ | $1,090 | $1,093 | $982 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.5%0.2 fewer in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -16.2%1.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -0.3%$3 less | 0.0%no change | -10.2%$111 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Cute, 6 to 30 months old: 659 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 46 of 659 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Rabbit and Steel (10.3% of the money): 658 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 344 of 659.
Anime holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Anime | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,523 of 1,685 launches | Without the breakout1,684 of 1,685 launches | Last 18 months882 of 1,685 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,685126 hits | 1,523109 hits | 1,684125 hits | 88258 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,132top tenth $64,768+ | $1,113 | $1,132 | $1,011 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -4.0%0.3 fewer in 100 | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -12.0%0.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -1.7%$19 less | 0.0%no change | -10.7%$121 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 6 to 30 months old: 1,685 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 162 of 1,685 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, AI LIMIT (12.8% of the money): 1,684 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 882 of 1,685.
Cute holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Cute | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,089 of 4,279 launches | Without the breakout4,278 of 4,279 launches | Last 18 months2,326 of 4,279 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,279218 hits | 4,089200 hits | 4,278217 hits | 2,326111 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $725top tenth $28,533+ | $727 | $725 | $642 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -5.9%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.3%$2 more | 0.0%no change | -11.4%$83 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cute, 6 to 30 months old: 4,279 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 190 of 4,279 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mewgenics (15.9% of the money): 4,278 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,326 of 4,279.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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