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Niches / Beat 'em up + Side Scroller
Beat 'em up + Side Scroller
Games tagged both Beat 'em up and Side Scroller: 81 indie paid launches, 7 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Beat 'em up + Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it trails both 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.
Beat 'em up + Side Scroller trails both its tags: 2 of its 18 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 12.5 in 100 for Beat 'em up and 12.8 in 100 for Side Scroller.
Small sample: 18 launches, 2 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 18 games tagged both Beat 'em up and Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. 11.1 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 13.0 for Beat 'em up-only games and 13.0 for Side Scroller-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 18 games priced $10 to $20; 11.1 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $12,749.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 18 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 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.
Beat 'em up + Side Scroller 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 view80 of 81 launches | Without the breakout80 of 81 launches | Last 18 months34 of 81 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 817 hits | 807 hits | 806 hits | 346 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 17.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,349top tenth $58,888+ | $1,349 | $1,349 | $1,819 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.3%0.2 more in 100 | -12.8%1.1 fewer in 100 | +104.7%9.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +34.8%$470 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, 6 to 30 months old: 81 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 81 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (52.2% of the money): 80 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 34 of 81.
Beat 'em up is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Beat 'em up | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view434 of 443 launches | Without the breakout442 of 443 launches | Last 18 months216 of 443 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 44325 hits | 43423 hits | 44224 hits | 21616 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $38,456+ | $303 | $303 | $405 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.4%0.3 fewer in 100 | -3.6%0.2 fewer in 100 | +32.1%1.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +33.7%$102 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Beat 'em up, 6 to 30 months old: 443 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 443 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (20.4% of the money): 442 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 216 of 443.
Side Scroller holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Side Scroller | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,105 of 1,126 launches | Without the breakout1,125 of 1,126 launches | Last 18 months592 of 1,126 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,12638 hits | 1,10538 hits | 1,12537 hits | 59222 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $401top tenth $18,826+ | $385 | $385 | $303 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | +8.8%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -4.0%$16 less | -4.0%$16 less | -24.4%$98 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Side Scroller, 6 to 30 months old: 1,126 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 21 of 1,126 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (17.8% of the money): 1,125 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 592 of 1,126.
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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