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Niches / Comedy + Exploration
Comedy + Exploration
Games tagged both Comedy and Exploration: 120 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Comedy + Exploration priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Comedy and is about level with Exploration; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Comedy and is too small to compare with Exploration.
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.
Comedy + Exploration is too small to compare with Comedy and is too small to compare with Exploration: 3 of its 23 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 20.7 in 100 for Comedy and 20.6 in 100 for Exploration.
Small sample: 23 launches, 3 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: 0.4 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 23 games tagged both Comedy and Exploration priced $10 to $20. 3 of 23 of them earned $100k+, against 22.1 in 100 for Comedy-only games and 20.8 in 100 for Exploration-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Comedy alone and is too small to compare with Exploration alone.
Both: 23 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 23 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 18 of 23 launches · $10k+ 14 of 23 launches · $100k+ 3 of 23 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 23 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. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.
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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.
Comedy + Exploration is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view116 of 120 launches | Without the breakout119 of 120 launches | Last 18 months41 of 120 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 12010 hits | 11610 hits | 1199 hits | 414 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.3 in 1001 in 12 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 4 of 41too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,326top tenth $82,536+ | $1,326 | $1,296 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.4%0.3 more in 100 | -9.2%0.8 fewer in 100 | +17.1%1.4 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | -2.3%$30 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Comedy and Exploration, 12 to 36 months old: 120 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 120 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, PEAK (74.3% of the money): 119 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 41 of 120.
Comedy 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.
| Comedy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view917 of 957 launches | Without the breakout956 of 957 launches | Last 18 months301 of 957 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 95760 hits | 91758 hits | 95659 hits | 30120 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $797top tenth $39,865+ | $810 | $797 | $727 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.9%0.1 more in 100 | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | +6.0%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.6%$13 more | 0.0%no change | -8.8%$70 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Comedy, 12 to 36 months old: 957 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 40 of 957 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 (30.4% of the money): 956 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 301 of 957.
Exploration 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.
| Exploration | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,432 of 4,635 launches | Without the breakout4,634 of 4,635 launches | Last 18 months1,277 of 4,635 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,635375 hits | 4,432357 hits | 4,634374 hits | 1,27799 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $876top tenth $64,081+ | $894 | $876 | $858 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.4%no change | -0.2%no change | -4.2%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.1%$18 more | 0.0%no change | -2.1%$18 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Exploration, 12 to 36 months old: 4,635 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 203 of 4,635 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (23.3% of the money): 4,634 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,277 of 4,635.
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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