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Niches / Dialogue Heavy + Story Rich
Dialogue Heavy + Story Rich
Games tagged both Dialogue Heavy and Story Rich: 107 indie paid launches, 7 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Dialogue Heavy + Story Rich 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.
Dialogue Heavy + Story Rich beats Dialogue Heavy and trails Story Rich: 3 of its 28 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 6.1 in 100 for Dialogue Heavy and 19.9 in 100 for Story Rich.
Small sample: 28 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: 0.5 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 28 games tagged both Dialogue Heavy and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 10.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 0.0 for Dialogue Heavy-only games and 20.2 for Story Rich-only games, so the mix beats Dialogue Heavy alone and trails Story Rich alone.
Both: 28 games priced $10 to $20; 10.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $14,570.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 28 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.
Dialogue Heavy + Story Rich 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 view100 of 107 launches | Without the breakout106 of 107 launches | Last 18 months65 of 107 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1077 hits | 1007 hits | 1066 hits | 655 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,456top tenth $49,288+ | $1,456 | $1,456 | $1,578 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +7.7%0.5 more in 100 | -12.3%0.8 fewer in 100 | +18.5%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +8.4%$122 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Dialogue Heavy and Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 107 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 7 of 107 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Whispers from the Star (14.7% of the money): 106 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 65 of 107.
Dialogue Heavy holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Dialogue Heavy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view303 of 321 launches | Without the breakout320 of 321 launches | Last 18 months185 of 321 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 32112 hits | 30312 hits | 32011 hits | 1858 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $970top tenth $36,211+ | $1,007 | $970 | $846 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +8.1%0.3 more in 100 | -8.1%0.3 fewer in 100 | +16.2%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +3.8%$37 more | 0.0%no change | -12.8%$124 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dialogue Heavy, 6 to 30 months old: 321 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 321 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, LOCKDOWN Protocol (33.2% of the money): 320 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 185 of 321.
Story Rich holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,571 of 2,810 launches | Without the breakout2,809 of 2,810 launches | Last 18 months1,542 of 2,810 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,810301 hits | 2,571267 hits | 2,809300 hits | 1,542154 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.7 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 10.7 in 100 | 10.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,062top tenth $111,964+ | $2,062 | $2,062 | $1,998 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.8%0.3 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -6.5%0.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -3.1%$64 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 2,810 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 239 of 2,810 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 (18.4% of the money): 2,809 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,542 of 2,810.
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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