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Dark + Puzzle
Games tagged both Dark and Puzzle: 257 indie paid launches, 12 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Dark + Puzzle priced $10 to $20, last 18 months. Lens figures exist at all prices only, so inside a price band the page shows the standard figures. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Dark and is about level with Puzzle; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Dark and is too small to compare with 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.
Dark + Puzzle is too small to compare with Dark and is too small to compare with Puzzle: 5 of its 29 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 21.5 in 100 for Dark and 12.4 in 100 for Puzzle.
Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this band uses the standard figures. Small sample: 29 launches, 5 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 29 games tagged both Dark and Puzzle priced $10 to $20. 5 of 29 of them earned $100k+, against 22.5 in 100 for Dark-only games and 12.2 in 100 for Puzzle-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Dark alone and is too small to compare with Puzzle alone.
Both: 29 games priced $10 to $20; 5 of 29 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $9,989.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 29 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 last 18 months 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 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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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.
Dark + Puzzle 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view256 of 257 launches | Without the breakout256 of 257 launches | Last 18 months76 of 257 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 25712 hits | 25612 hits | 25611 hits | 764 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 | 4 of 76too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $606top tenth $25,895+ | $606 | $606 | $804 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.4%no change | -8.0%0.4 fewer in 100 | +12.7%0.6 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +32.7%$198 more; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Dark and Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 257 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 257 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, INDIKA (30.6% of the money): 256 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 76 of 257.
Dark 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.
| Dark | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,200 of 1,223 launches | Without the breakout1,222 of 1,223 launches | Last 18 months340 of 1,223 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,22367 hits | 1,20065 hits | 1,22266 hits | 34019 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $843top tenth $31,969+ | $844 | $843 | $861 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | +2.0%0.1 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.1%$1 more | 0.0%no change | +2.1%$18 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dark, 12 to 36 months old: 1,223 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 23 of 1,223 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, No, I'm not a Human (12.2% of the money): 1,222 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 340 of 1,223.
Puzzle is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,057 of 5,257 launches | Without the breakout5,256 of 5,257 launches | Last 18 months1,499 of 5,257 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,257163 hits | 5,057152 hits | 5,256162 hits | 1,49953 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $405top tenth $12,506+ | $421 | $405 | $402 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -3.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.6%no change | +14.0%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.0%$16 more | 0.0%no change | -0.7%$3 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 5,257 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 200 of 5,257 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 (7.2% of the money): 5,256 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,499 of 5,257.
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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