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Niches / Bullet Heaven + Bullet Hell
Bullet Heaven + Bullet Hell
Games tagged both Bullet Heaven and Bullet Hell: 103 indie paid launches, 17 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Bullet Heaven + Bullet Hell 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.
Bullet Heaven + Bullet Hell beats both its tags: 7 of its 16 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 9 of 22 launches for Bullet Heaven and 17.1 in 100 for Bullet Hell.
Small sample: 16 launches, 7 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 16 games tagged both Bullet Heaven and Bullet Hell priced $10 to $20. 43.8 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 33.3 for Bullet Heaven-only games and 13.7 for Bullet Hell-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 16 games priced $10 to $20; 43.8 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $92,278.
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.
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.
Bullet Heaven + Bullet Hell 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 view102 of 103 launches | Without the breakout102 of 103 launches | Last 18 months67 of 103 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 10317 hits | 10217 hits | 10216 hits | 678 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.5 in 100 | 16.7 in 100 | 15.7 in 100 | 11.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $7,278top tenth $297,661+ | $7,278 | $7,278 | $6,313 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.2%0.2 more in 100 | -4.8%0.8 fewer in 100 | -27.9%4.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -13.3%$965 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Bullet Heaven and Bullet Hell, 6 to 30 months old: 103 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 103 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (63.9% of the money): 102 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 67 of 103.
Bullet Heaven is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Bullet Heaven | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view138 of 141 launches | Without the breakout140 of 141 launches | Last 18 months91 of 141 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 14121 hits | 13821 hits | 14020 hits | 9110 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.9 in 100 | 15.2 in 100 | 14.3 in 100 | 11.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $7,278top tenth $265,971+ | $7,376 | $7,278 | $6,313 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.0%0.3 more in 100 | -4.0%0.6 fewer in 100 | -26.2%3.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +1.3%$98 more | 0.0%no change | -13.3%$965 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Heaven, 6 to 30 months old: 141 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 141 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (58.0% of the money): 140 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 91 of 141.
Bullet Hell holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Bullet Hell | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,438 of 1,496 launches | Without the breakout1,495 of 1,496 launches | Last 18 months814 of 1,496 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,49651 hits | 1,43847 hits | 1,49550 hits | 81426 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $505top tenth $17,693+ | $505 | $485 | $425 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -5.9%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -4.0%$20 less | -15.8%$80 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Hell, 6 to 30 months old: 1,496 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 58 of 1,496 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (50.9% of the money): 1,495 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 814 of 1,496.
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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