Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Arcade + Shooter
Games tagged both Arcade and Shooter: 633 indie paid launches, 19 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Arcade + Shooter priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Arcade and trails Shooter; priced $10 to $20 it beats Arcade and is about level with Shooter.
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.
Arcade + Shooter beats Arcade and is about level with Shooter: 20.0 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 11.7 in 100 for Arcade and 21.3 in 100 for Shooter.
That is about 1.0 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 60 games tagged both Arcade and Shooter priced $10 to $20. 20.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 10.0 in 100 for Arcade-only games and 21.6 in 100 for Shooter-only games, so the mix beats Arcade alone and is about level with Shooter alone.
Both: 60 games priced $10 to $20; 20.0 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 78 in 100 · $10k+ 48 in 100 · $100k+ 20 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 60 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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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.
Arcade + Shooter is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view628 of 633 launches | Without the breakout632 of 633 launches | Last 18 months170 of 633 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 63319 hits | 62819 hits | 63218 hits | 1706 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 2.8 in 1001 in 35 | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $270top tenth $11,191+ | $272 | $270 | $193 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.8%no change | -5.1%0.2 fewer in 100 | +17.6%0.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.7%$2 more | 0.0%no change | -28.5%$77 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Arcade and Shooter, 12 to 36 months old: 633 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 5 of 633 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, MULLET MADJACK (28.0% of the money): 632 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 170 of 633.
Arcade is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Arcade | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,602 of 3,624 launches | Without the breakout3,623 of 3,624 launches | Last 18 months1,016 of 3,624 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,62489 hits | 3,60288 hits | 3,62388 hits | 1,01634 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.5 in 1001 in 41 | 2.4 in 1001 in 41 | 2.4 in 1001 in 41 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $221top tenth $8,880+ | $221 | $221 | $218 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.5%no change | -1.1%no change | +36.3%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -1.4%$3 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 3,624 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 3,624 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BALL x PIT (14.9% of the money): 3,623 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,016 of 3,624.
Shooter 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.
| Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,392 of 2,482 launches | Without the breakout2,481 of 2,482 launches | Last 18 months635 of 2,482 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,482153 hits | 2,392147 hits | 2,481152 hits | 63541 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $319top tenth $24,188+ | $325 | $319 | $291 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.3%no change | -0.6%no change | +4.7%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.9%$6 more | 0.0%no change | -8.8%$28 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shooter, 12 to 36 months old: 2,482 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 90 of 2,482 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (18.0% of the money): 2,481 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 635 of 2,482.
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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