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Lens checkOne-hit market +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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Cartoon + Relaxing
Games tagged both Cartoon and Relaxing: 85 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Cartoon + Relaxing priced under $5. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails both its tags; priced under $5 it is level with Cartoon and trails Relaxing.
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.
Cartoon + Relaxing is level with Cartoon and trails Relaxing: 0.0 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 0.4 in 100 for Cartoon and 1.1 in 100 for Relaxing.
That is about 0.0 times the 0.5 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: 0.5 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 76 games tagged both Cartoon and Relaxing priced under $5. 0.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 0.5 for Cartoon-only games and 1.2 for Relaxing-only games, so the mix is level with Cartoon alone and trails Relaxing alone.
Both: 76 games priced under $5; 0.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $120.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 76 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 checkOne-hit market +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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.
Cartoon + Relaxing is one-hit market +1: Without the breakout moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view76 of 85 launches | Without the breakout84 of 85 launches | Last 18 months48 of 85 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 851 hits | 761 hits | 840 hits | 481 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.2 in 1001 in 83 | 1.3 in 1001 in 77 | 0.0 in 100 | 2.1 in 1001 in 48 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $140top tenth $2,089+ | $140 | $140 | $120 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +8.3%0.1 more in 100 | -100.0%1.2 fewer in 100 | +75.0%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$20 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Cartoon and Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 85 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 85 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Starsand Island (95.9% of the money): 84 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 48 of 85.
Cartoon holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Cartoon | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view777 of 826 launches | Without the breakout825 of 826 launches | Last 18 months430 of 826 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 82628 hits | 77725 hits | 82527 hits | 43013 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $18,611+ | $303 | $303 | $282 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.8%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.9%$21 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cartoon, 6 to 30 months old: 826 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 49 of 826 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Starsand Island (21.2% of the money): 825 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 430 of 826.
Relaxing holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Relaxing | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,742 of 2,876 launches | Without the breakout2,875 of 2,876 launches | Last 18 months1,653 of 2,876 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,876162 hits | 2,742150 hits | 2,875161 hits | 1,653103 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $546top tenth $31,569+ | $581 | $546 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | +10.7%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +6.4%$35 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 2,876 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 134 of 2,876 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crime Scene Cleaner (11.8% of the money): 2,875 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,653 of 2,876.
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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