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Niches / Detective + Point & Click
Detective + Point & Click
Games tagged both Detective and Point & Click: 157 indie paid launches, 25 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Detective + Point & Click priced $10 to $20.
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.
Detective + Point & Click beats both its tags: 25.5 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 24.1 in 100 for Detective and 15.0 in 100 for Point & Click.
That is about 1.4 times the 18.6 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 55 games tagged both Detective and Point & Click priced $10 to $20. 25.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 23.3 for Detective-only games and 12.5 for Point & Click-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 55 games priced $10 to $20; 25.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $8,012.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 55 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 yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Detective + Point & Click holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view154 of 157 launches | Without the breakout156 of 157 launches | Last 18 months82 of 157 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 15725 hits | 15423 hits | 15624 hits | 8213 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.9 in 100 | 14.9 in 100 | 15.4 in 100 | 15.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,638top tenth $181,395+ | $1,638 | $1,638 | $1,577 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -6.3%1.0 fewer in 100 | -3.1%0.5 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -3.7%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Detective and Point & Click, 6 to 30 months old: 157 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 157 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Roottrees are Dead (25.2% of the money): 156 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 82 of 157.
Detective holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Detective | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view522 of 582 launches | Without the breakout581 of 582 launches | Last 18 months308 of 582 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 58260 hits | 52253 hits | 58159 hits | 30830 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.3 in 100 | 10.2 in 100 | 10.2 in 100 | 9.7 in 1001 in 10 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,293top tenth $100,542+ | $1,293 | $1,274 | $1,445 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -5.8%0.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -1.5%$19 less | +11.8%$152 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Detective, 6 to 30 months old: 582 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 60 of 582 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Precinct (12.6% of the money): 581 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 308 of 582.
Point & Click holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Point & Click | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,916 of 1,981 launches | Without the breakout1,980 of 1,981 launches | Last 18 months1,107 of 1,981 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,98182 hits | 1,91679 hits | 1,98081 hits | 1,10743 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 3.9 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $561top tenth $15,526+ | $566 | $561 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -4.9%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.9%$5 more | 0.0%no change | -13.5%$76 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Point & Click, 6 to 30 months old: 1,981 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 65 of 1,981 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Roottrees are Dead (8.9% of the money): 1,980 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,107 of 1,981.
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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