Niche

Anime + Text-Based

Games tagged both Anime and Text-Based: 89 indie paid launches, 4 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.

Price $10 to $20

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 230 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2021 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,758 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

$10 to $20

Showing Anime + Text-Based 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

Anime + Text-Based is too small to compare with Anime and is too small to compare with Text-Based: 1 of its 25 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.5 in 100 for Anime and 8.0 in 100 for Text-Based.

Small sample: 25 launches, 1 hits.

TIEA tie

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 + Text-Based

1 of 25launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds1 of 25 launches

$1k+18 of 25 launches

$10k+10 of 25 launches

Launches25 / 1 hits

Expected20.5 in 100

TIETied

Tag twoText-Based

8.0in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds1 in 13

Typical earnings$9,359

Launches100 / 8 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

All prices89 in pair Under $527 in pair $5 to $1028 in pair $10 to $2025 in pair$20 to $409: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 25 games tagged both Anime and Text-Based priced $10 to $20. 1 of 25 of them earned $100k+, against 15.3 in 100 for Anime-only games and 9.3 in 100 for Text-Based-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Anime alone and is too small to compare with Text-Based alone.

Both: 25 games priced $10 to $20; 1 of 25 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 18 of 25 launches · $10k+ 10 of 25 launches · $100k+ 1 of 25 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 25 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

Noctuaryleads this pair20.9%

PairNoctuary20.9%

AnimeGranblue Fantasy: Relink24.1%

Text-BasedHomicipher21.9%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

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

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Anime + Text-Based

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

Noctuary earned 20.9% of the estimated first-year money of the 89 Anime + Text-Based launches.
Anime is led by Granblue Fantasy: Relink, with 24.1% of its money.
Text-Based is led by Homicipher, with 21.9% 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 + Text-Based holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Anime + Text-Based through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view82 of 89 launches	Without the breakout88 of 89 launches	Last 18 months21 of 89 launches
Launches counted	894 hits	823 hits	883 hits	210 hits
Earned $100k+	4 of 89too few for a rate	3 of 82too few for a rate	3 of 88too few for a rate	0 of 21too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	26 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 57 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	-18.6%0.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell	-24.1%1.1 fewer in 100	-100.0%4.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Text-Based, 12 to 36 months old: 89 launches.

Launches counted: 894 hits
Earned $100k+: 4 of 89too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: 26 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 57 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: 7 of 89 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 823 hits
Earned $100k+: 3 of 82too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -18.6%0.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Noctuary (20.9% of the money): 88 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 883 hits
Earned $100k+: 3 of 88too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -24.1%1.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 21 of 89.

Launches counted: 210 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 21too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -100.0%4.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Text-Based, 12 to 36 months old: 89 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: 7 of 89 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, Noctuary (20.9% of the money): 88 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: 21 of 89.

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
Anime	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,405 of 1,559 launches	Without the breakout1,558 of 1,559 launches	Last 18 months429 of 1,559 launches
Launches counted	1,559133 hits	1,405111 hits	1,558132 hits	42939 hits
Earned $100k+	8.5 in 1001 in 12	7.9 in 1001 in 13	8.5 in 1001 in 12	9.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings	$1,070top tenth $76,139+	$1,043	$1,070	$1,308
Chance against standard	the base	-7.4%0.6 fewer in 100	-0.7%0.1 fewer in 100	+6.6%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	-2.5%$27 less	0.0%no change	+22.2%$238 more
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Holds

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.

Text-Based 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.

Text-Based through every lens, all prices
Text-Based	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view558 of 622 launches	Without the breakout621 of 622 launches	Last 18 months164 of 622 launches
Launches counted	62219 hits	55817 hits	62118 hits	1643 hits
Earned $100k+	3.1 in 1001 in 33	3.0 in 1001 in 33	2.9 in 1001 in 35	3 of 164too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings	$643top tenth $21,254+	$779	$636	$636
Chance against standard	the base	-0.3%no change	-5.1%0.2 fewer in 100	-40.1%1.2 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	+21.2%$136 more	-1.1%$7 less	-1.1%$7 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Text-Based, 12 to 36 months old: 622 launches.

Launches counted: 62219 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.1 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $643top tenth $21,254+
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: 64 of 622 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 55817 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.0 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $779
Chance against standard: -0.3%no change
Typical against standard: +21.2%$136 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Homicipher (21.9% of the money): 621 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 62118 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.9 in 1001 in 35
Typical first-year earnings: $636
Chance against standard: -5.1%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.1%$7 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 164 of 622.

Launches counted: 1643 hits
Earned $100k+: 3 of 164too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $636
Chance against standard: -40.1%1.2 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: -1.1%$7 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Text-Based, 12 to 36 months old: 622 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: 64 of 622 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, Homicipher (21.9% of the money): 621 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: 164 of 622.

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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