Niche

Cartoon + Hand-drawn

Games tagged both Cartoon and Hand-drawn: 98 indie paid launches, 5 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 26,291 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Price $10 to $20

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 238 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2020 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,291 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.

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$10 to $20 30+ launches Reset

Showing Cartoon + Hand-drawn priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Cartoon and is about level with Hand-drawn; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.

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

11 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

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2NDRunner-up

Tag onemood tagCartoon

15.1in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds15.1 in 100

$1k+79 in 100

$10k+37 in 100

Launches86 / 13 hits

Pairno reading

--No reading

This pairCartoon + Hand-drawn

--too few
to read

Odds--

Typical earnings--

Launches11

11 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

1STWinner

Tag twomood tagHand-drawn

20.2in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds20.2 in 100

Typical earnings$16,231

Launches163 / 33 hits

Pairno reading

All indie launches $10 to $20: 20.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $10,978, from 4,304 launches.each block is 2 in 100 all indie at $10 to $20Cartoon 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 prices98 in pair Under $559 in pair $5 to $1025 in pair $10 to $2011 in pair$20 to $403: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 11 games tagged both Cartoon and Hand-drawn priced $10 to $20. 4 of 11 of them earned $100k+, against 12.0 in 100 for Cartoon-only games and 19.1 in 100 for Hand-drawn-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Cartoon alone and is too small to compare with Hand-drawn alone.

Both: 11 games priced $10 to $20; 4 of 11 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 10 of 11 launches · $10k+ 9 of 11 launches · $100k+ 4 of 11 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 11 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

Lucky Tower Ultimateleads this pair28.1%

PairLucky Tower Ultimate28.1%

CartoonKingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD23.8%

Hand-drawnNine Sols31.7%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

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

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Cartoon + Hand-drawn

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

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The leaders, in words

Lucky Tower Ultimate earned 28.1% of the estimated first-year money of the 98 Cartoon + Hand-drawn launches.
Cartoon is led by Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD, with 23.8% of its money.
Hand-drawn is led by Nine Sols, with 31.7% 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

Cartoon + Hand-drawn holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Cartoon + Hand-drawn through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view95 of 98 launches	Without the breakout97 of 98 launches	Last 18 months23 of 98 launches
Launches counted	985 hits	955 hits	974 hits	232 hits
Earned $100k+	5.1 in 1001 in 20	5.3 in 1001 in 19	4 of 97too few for a rate	2 of 23too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	18 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 39 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	+3.2%0.2 more in 100	-19.2%1.0 fewer in 100	+70.4%3.6 more 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	Holds	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Cartoon and Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 98 launches.

Launches counted: 985 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.1 in 1001 in 20
Chance of $10k+: 18 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 39 in 100
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: 3 of 98 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 955 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.3 in 1001 in 19
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: +3.2%0.2 more in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Lucky Tower Ultimate (28.1% of the money): 97 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 974 hits
Earned $100k+: 4 of 97too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -19.2%1.0 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 23 of 98.

Launches counted: 232 hits
Earned $100k+: 2 of 23too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: +70.4%3.6 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Cartoon and Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 98 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: 3 of 98 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, Lucky Tower Ultimate (28.1% of the money): 97 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: 23 of 98.

Cartoon 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.

Cartoon through every lens, all prices
Cartoon	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view733 of 784 launches	Without the breakout783 of 784 launches	Last 18 months223 of 784 launches
Launches counted	78428 hits	73325 hits	78327 hits	2239 hits
Earned $100k+	3.6 in 1001 in 28	3.4 in 1001 in 29	3.4 in 1001 in 29	4.0 in 1001 in 25
Typical first-year earnings	$276top tenth $16,489+	$284	$268	$266
Chance against standard	the base	-4.5%0.2 fewer in 100	-3.4%0.1 fewer in 100	+13.0%0.5 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+2.9%$8 more	-2.9%$8 less	-3.6%$10 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Cartoon, 12 to 36 months old: 784 launches.

Launches counted: 78428 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.6 in 1001 in 28
Typical first-year earnings: $276top tenth $16,489+
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: 51 of 784 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 73325 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 29
Typical first-year earnings: $284
Chance against standard: -4.5%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +2.9%$8 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD (23.8% of the money): 783 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 78327 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 29
Typical first-year earnings: $268
Chance against standard: -3.4%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -2.9%$8 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 223 of 784.

Launches counted: 2239 hits
Earned $100k+: 4.0 in 1001 in 25
Typical first-year earnings: $266
Chance against standard: +13.0%0.5 more in 100
Typical against standard: -3.6%$10 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Cartoon, 12 to 36 months old: 784 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: 51 of 784 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, Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD (23.8% of the money): 783 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: 223 of 784.

Hand-drawn 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.

Hand-drawn through every lens, all prices
Hand-drawn	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,031 of 1,089 launches	Without the breakout1,088 of 1,089 launches	Last 18 months266 of 1,089 launches
Launches counted	1,08953 hits	1,03152 hits	1,08852 hits	26614 hits
Earned $100k+	4.9 in 1001 in 21	5.0 in 1001 in 20	4.8 in 1001 in 21	5.3 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings	$856top tenth $32,534+	$882	$856	$766
Chance against standard	the base	+3.6%0.2 more in 100	-1.8%0.1 fewer in 100	+8.1%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+3.0%$26 more	0.0%no change	-10.5%$90 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 1,089 launches.

Launches counted: 1,08953 hits
Earned $100k+: 4.9 in 1001 in 21
Typical first-year earnings: $856top tenth $32,534+
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: 58 of 1,089 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,03152 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.0 in 1001 in 20
Typical first-year earnings: $882
Chance against standard: +3.6%0.2 more in 100
Typical against standard: +3.0%$26 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Nine Sols (31.7% of the money): 1,088 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,08852 hits
Earned $100k+: 4.8 in 1001 in 21
Typical first-year earnings: $856
Chance against standard: -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 266 of 1,089.

Launches counted: 26614 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.3 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $766
Chance against standard: +8.1%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard: -10.5%$90 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Hand-drawn, 12 to 36 months old: 1,089 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: 58 of 1,089 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, Nine Sols (31.7% of the money): 1,088 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: 266 of 1,089.

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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