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Niches / Dungeon Crawler + Roguelike
Dungeon Crawler + Roguelike
Games tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Roguelike: 262 indie paid launches, 37 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Dungeon Crawler + Roguelike 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.
Dungeon Crawler + Roguelike beats both its tags: 28.4 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 19.6 in 100 for Dungeon Crawler and 24.9 in 100 for Roguelike.
That is about 1.6 times the 17.6 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 74 games tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Roguelike priced $10 to $20. 28.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.6 in 100 for Dungeon Crawler-only games and 24.1 in 100 for Roguelike-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 74 games priced $10 to $20; 28.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $20,754.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 74 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: 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Dungeon Crawler + Roguelike is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view256 of 262 launches | Without the breakout261 of 262 launches | Last 18 months71 of 262 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 26237 hits | 25636 hits | 26136 hits | 7114 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.1 in 100 | 14.1 in 100 | 13.8 in 100 | 19.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,659top tenth $170,562+ | $1,717 | $1,607 | $2,489 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.3%0.3 fewer in 100 | +39.6%5.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +3.5%$58 more | -3.1%$52 less | +50.0%$830 more; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Roguelike, 12 to 36 months old: 262 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 6 of 262 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (53.0% of the money): 261 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 71 of 262.
Dungeon Crawler is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Dungeon Crawler | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view859 of 908 launches | Without the breakout907 of 908 launches | Last 18 months246 of 908 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 90878 hits | 85975 hits | 90777 hits | 24624 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.7 in 1001 in 11 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 | 9.8 in 1001 in 10 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $851top tenth $70,911+ | $1,012 | $851 | $1,206 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.6%0.1 more in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | +13.6%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +18.9%$161 more | 0.0%no change | +41.7%$355 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dungeon Crawler, 12 to 36 months old: 908 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 49 of 908 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (48.1% of the money): 907 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 246 of 908.
Roguelike 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.
| Roguelike | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,939 of 2,082 launches | Without the breakout2,081 of 2,082 launches | Last 18 months639 of 2,082 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,082166 hits | 1,939152 hits | 2,081165 hits | 63954 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.9 in 1001 in 13 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $965top tenth $63,646+ | $1,065 | $958 | $1,052 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.6%no change | +6.0%0.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +10.4%$100 more | -0.7%$7 less | +9.0%$87 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Roguelike, 12 to 36 months old: 2,082 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 143 of 2,082 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (15.9% of the money): 2,081 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 639 of 2,082.
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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