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Niches / Anime + Horror

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Anime + Horror

Games tagged both Anime and Horror: 79 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 26,291 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Showing Anime + Horror priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Anime and is about level with Horror; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.

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

16 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

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2NDRunner-up
Tag onemood tagAnime
14.0in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds14.0 in 100
Typical earnings$9,709
Launches351 / 49 hits
Pairno reading
--No reading
This pairAnime + Horror
--too few
to read
Odds--
Typical earnings--
Launches16

16 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

1STWinner
Tag twoHorror
22.0in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds22.0 in 100
Typical earnings$12,981
Launches345 / 76 hits
Pairno reading
All indie launches $10 to $20: 20.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $10,978, from 4,304 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 16 games tagged both Anime and Horror priced $10 to $20. 3 of 16 of them earned $100k+, against 13.7 in 100 for Anime-only games and 22.2 in 100 for Horror-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Anime alone and is too small to compare with Horror alone.

Both: 16 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 16 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 15 of 16 launches · $10k+ 11 of 16 launches · $100k+ 3 of 16 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 16 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

Sucker for Love: Date to Die Forleads this pair20.8%
PairSucker for Love: Date to Die For20.8%
AnimeGranblue Fantasy: Relink24.7%
HorrorLethal Company18.3%
CheckOne game over half?no
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 2 of 3, 1 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Anime + Horror

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

  • Sucker for Love: Date to Die For earned 20.8% of the estimated first-year money of the 79 Anime + Horror launches.
  • Anime is led by Granblue Fantasy: Relink, with 24.7% of its money.
  • Horror is led by Lethal Company, with 18.3% of its 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

Anime + Horror holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Anime + Horror through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view78 of 79 launchesWithout the breakout78 of 79 launchesLast 18 months23 of 79 launches
Launches counted795 hits785 hits784 hits231 hits
Earned $100k+6.3 in 1001 in 166.4 in 1001 in 164 of 78too few for a rate1 of 23too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+27 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 54 in 100under 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Chance against standardthe base+1.3%0.1 more in 100-19.0%1.2 fewer in 100-31.3%2.0 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standardthe baseunder 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsToo few to tell
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 79 launches.

Launches counted
795 hits
Earned $100k+
6.3 in 1001 in 16
Chance of $10k+
27 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 54 in 100
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: 1 of 79 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
785 hits
Earned $100k+
6.4 in 1001 in 16
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
+1.3%0.1 more in 100
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Sucker for Love: Date to Die For (20.8% of the money): 78 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
784 hits
Earned $100k+
4 of 78too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-19.0%1.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 23 of 79.

Launches counted
231 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 23too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-31.3%2.0 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 79 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: 1 of 79 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, Sucker for Love: Date to Die For (20.8% of the money): 78 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: 23 of 79.

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 view1,404 of 1,560 launchesWithout the breakout1,559 of 1,560 launchesLast 18 months450 of 1,560 launches
Launches counted1,560129 hits1,404107 hits1,559128 hits45041 hits
Earned $100k+8.3 in 1001 in 127.6 in 1001 in 138.2 in 1001 in 129.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings$1,040top tenth $74,235+$1,035$1,035$1,179
Chance against standardthe base-7.8%0.6 fewer in 100-0.7%0.1 fewer in 100+10.2%0.8 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base-0.5%$5 less-0.5%$5 less+13.4%$139 more
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 12 to 36 months old: 1,560 launches.

Launches counted
1,560129 hits
Earned $100k+
8.3 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$1,040top tenth $74,235+
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: 156 of 1,560 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1,404107 hits
Earned $100k+
7.6 in 1001 in 13
Typical first-year earnings
$1,035
Chance against standard
-7.8%0.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-0.5%$5 less
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Granblue Fantasy: Relink (24.7% of the money): 1,559 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1,559128 hits
Earned $100k+
8.2 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$1,035
Chance against standard
-0.7%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-0.5%$5 less
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 450 of 1,560.

Launches counted
45041 hits
Earned $100k+
9.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings
$1,179
Chance against standard
+10.2%0.8 more in 100
Typical against standard
+13.4%$139 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 12 to 36 months old: 1,560 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: 156 of 1,560 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 (24.7% of the money): 1,559 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: 450 of 1,560.

Horror 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.

Horror through every lens, all prices
HorrorBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view2,992 of 3,140 launchesWithout the breakout3,139 of 3,140 launchesLast 18 months884 of 3,140 launches
Launches counted3,140186 hits2,992181 hits3,139185 hits88449 hits
Earned $100k+5.9 in 1001 in 176.0 in 1001 in 175.9 in 1001 in 175.5 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings$1,007top tenth $37,527+$1,011$1,007$893
Chance against standardthe base+2.1%0.1 more in 100-0.5%no change-6.4%0.4 fewer in 100
Typical against standardthe base+0.4%$4 more0.0%no change-11.3%$114 less
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 3,140 launches.

Launches counted
3,140186 hits
Earned $100k+
5.9 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$1,007top tenth $37,527+
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: 148 of 3,140 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
2,992181 hits
Earned $100k+
6.0 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$1,011
Chance against standard
+2.1%0.1 more in 100
Typical against standard
+0.4%$4 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Lethal Company (18.3% of the money): 3,139 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
3,139185 hits
Earned $100k+
5.9 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$1,007
Chance against standard
-0.5%no change
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 884 of 3,140.

Launches counted
88449 hits
Earned $100k+
5.5 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings
$893
Chance against standard
-6.4%0.4 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-11.3%$114 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 3,140 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: 148 of 3,140 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, Lethal Company (18.3% of the money): 3,139 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: 884 of 3,140.

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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