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Niches / Crime + First-Person
Crime + First-Person
Games tagged both Crime and First-Person: 55 indie paid launches, 13 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Crime + First-Person priced $10 to $20, without the breakout. Lens figures exist at all prices only, so inside a price band the page shows the standard figures.
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.
Crime + First-Person beats both its tags: 6 of its 10 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 29.8 in 100 for Crime and 23.2 in 100 for First-Person.
Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this band uses the standard figures. Small sample: 10 launches, 6 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 10 games tagged both Crime and First-Person priced $10 to $20. 60.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 23.4 for Crime-only games and 22.6 for First-Person-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 10 games priced $10 to $20; 60.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $319,385.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 10 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. The without the breakout lens is not computed for the outer parts, so this diagram uses the standard figures.
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 checkAudience-sensitive. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: moves the answer. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Crime + First-Person is audience-sensitive: West-facing view moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view53 of 55 launches | Without the breakout54 of 55 launches | Last 18 months31 of 55 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5513 hits | 5313 hits | 5412 hits | 316 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 23.6 in 100 | 24.5 in 100 | 22.2 in 100 | 19.4 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,893top tenth $1,048,417+ | $3,739 | $2,893 | $2,751 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.8%0.9 more in 100 | -5.9%1.4 fewer in 100 | -17.8%4.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +29.2%$846 more | 0.0%no change | -4.9%$142 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Crime and First-Person, 6 to 30 months old: 55 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 55 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (79.8% of the money): 54 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 31 of 55.
Crime is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Crime | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view220 of 233 launches | Without the breakout232 of 233 launches | Last 18 months129 of 233 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 23334 hits | 22031 hits | 23233 hits | 12914 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.6 in 100 | 14.1 in 100 | 14.2 in 100 | 10.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,718top tenth $220,125+ | $1,816 | $1,718 | $1,214 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.4%0.5 fewer in 100 | -2.7%0.4 fewer in 100 | -25.3%3.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +5.7%$98 more | 0.0%no change | -29.3%$504 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Crime, 6 to 30 months old: 233 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 13 of 233 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (70.6% of the money): 232 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 129 of 233.
First-Person holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| First-Person | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,135 of 4,266 launches | Without the breakout4,265 of 4,266 launches | Last 18 months2,372 of 4,266 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,266296 hits | 4,135284 hits | 4,265295 hits | 2,372163 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $849top tenth $40,885+ | $849 | $849 | $728 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$121 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged First-Person, 6 to 30 months old: 4,266 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 131 of 4,266 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (16.7% of the money): 4,265 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,372 of 4,266.
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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