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Niches / Arena Shooter + FPS
Arena Shooter + FPS
Games tagged both Arena Shooter and FPS: 148 indie paid launches, 6 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Arena Shooter + FPS priced $10 to $20.
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.
Arena Shooter + FPS beats Arena Shooter and trails FPS: 4 of its 21 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 12.0 in 100 for Arena Shooter and 23.5 in 100 for FPS.
Small sample: 21 launches, 4 hits.
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 21 games tagged both Arena Shooter and FPS priced $10 to $20. 19.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 6.9 for Arena Shooter-only games and 24.0 for FPS-only games, so the mix beats Arena Shooter alone and trails FPS alone.
Both: 21 games priced $10 to $20; 19.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $4,735.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 21 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.
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Lens checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Arena Shooter + FPS is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view147 of 148 launches | Without the breakout147 of 148 launches | Last 18 months80 of 148 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1486 hits | 1476 hits | 1475 hits | 801 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 1.3 in 1001 in 77 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $425top tenth $12,685+ | $425 | $405 | $381 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -17.1%0.7 fewer in 100 | -68.3%2.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -4.7%$20 less | -10.4%$44 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Arena Shooter and FPS, 6 to 30 months old: 148 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 148 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Echo Point Nova (45.7% of the money): 147 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 80 of 148.
Arena Shooter holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Arena Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view540 of 543 launches | Without the breakout542 of 543 launches | Last 18 months284 of 543 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 54311 hits | 54011 hits | 54210 hits | 2845 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.0 in 1001 in 50 | 2.0 in 1001 in 50 | 1.8 in 1001 in 56 | 1.8 in 1001 in 56 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $252top tenth $9,103+ | $282 | $252 | $242 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -10.0%0.2 fewer in 100 | -10.0%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.9%$30 more | 0.0%no change | -4.0%$10 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Arena Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 543 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 543 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Echo Point Nova (34.4% of the money): 542 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 284 of 543.
FPS holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| FPS | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,398 of 1,427 launches | Without the breakout1,426 of 1,427 launches | Last 18 months790 of 1,427 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,427120 hits | 1,398120 hits | 1,426119 hits | 79067 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.4 in 1001 in 12 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.3 in 1001 in 12 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $607top tenth $52,395+ | $607 | $607 | $606 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.4%0.2 more in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -0.2%$1 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged FPS, 6 to 30 months old: 1,427 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 29 of 1,427 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 (21.3% of the money): 1,426 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 790 of 1,427.
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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