Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Colorful + Puzzle
Games tagged both Colorful and Puzzle: 840 indie paid launches, 30 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Colorful + Puzzle priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Colorful and is about level with Puzzle; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with Colorful and beats Puzzle.
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.
Colorful + Puzzle is about level with Colorful and beats Puzzle: 18.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 17.0 in 100 for Colorful and 14.3 in 100 for Puzzle.
That is about 0.9 times the 20.4 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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 93 games tagged both Colorful and Puzzle priced $10 to $20. 18.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 16.6 in 100 for Colorful-only games and 13.7 in 100 for Puzzle-only games, so the mix is about level with Colorful alone and beats Puzzle alone.
Both: 93 games priced $10 to $20; 18.3 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 71 in 100 · $10k+ 42 in 100 · $100k+ 18 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 93 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 checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Colorful + Puzzle 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view831 of 840 launches | Without the breakout839 of 840 launches | Last 18 months254 of 840 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 84030 hits | 83129 hits | 83929 hits | 25411 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.6 in 1001 in 28 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $236top tenth $7,374+ | $234 | $234 | $214 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -3.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | +21.3%0.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -0.8%$2 less | -0.8%$2 less | -9.3%$22 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Colorful and Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 840 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 840 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Neva (21.8% of the money): 839 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 254 of 840.
Colorful is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Colorful | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,804 of 2,850 launches | Without the breakout2,849 of 2,850 launches | Last 18 months837 of 2,850 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,850137 hits | 2,804132 hits | 2,849136 hits | 83742 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $321top tenth $17,251+ | $328 | $320 | $268 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.7%no change | +4.4%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.2%$7 more | -0.3%$1 less | -16.5%$53 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Colorful, 12 to 36 months old: 2,850 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 46 of 2,850 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hello Kitty Island Adventure (10.6% of the money): 2,849 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 837 of 2,850.
Puzzle 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.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,055 of 5,256 launches | Without the breakout5,255 of 5,256 launches | Last 18 months1,493 of 5,256 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,256185 hits | 5,055174 hits | 5,255184 hits | 1,49359 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $421top tenth $14,242+ | $428 | $421 | $428 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +12.3%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.7%$7 more | 0.0%no change | +1.7%$7 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 5,256 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 201 of 5,256 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (7.4% of the money): 5,255 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,493 of 5,256.
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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