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Niches / Emotional + Pixel Graphics
Emotional + Pixel Graphics
Games tagged both Emotional and Pixel Graphics: 82 indie paid launches, 9 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Emotional + Pixel Graphics priced under $5, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced under $5 it is too small to compare with Emotional and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics.
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.
Emotional + Pixel Graphics is too small to compare with Emotional and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics: 0 of its 46 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 2 of 266 launches for Emotional and 0.8 in 100 for Pixel Graphics.
Small sample: 46 launches, 0 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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 46 games tagged both Emotional and Pixel Graphics priced under $5. 0 of 46 of them earned $100k+, against 2 of 220 for Emotional-only games and 0.8 in 100 for Pixel Graphics-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Emotional alone and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics alone.
Both: 46 games priced under $5; 0 of 46 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 17 in 100 · $10k+ 0 of 46 launches · $100k+ 0 of 46 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 46 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.
Emotional + Pixel Graphics 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 view78 of 82 launches | Without the breakout81 of 82 launches | Last 18 months26 of 82 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 829 hits | 788 hits | 818 hits | 265 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.0 in 100 | 10.3 in 100 | 9.9 in 1001 in 10 | 5 of 26too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 16 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 40 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -6.6%0.7 fewer in 100 | -10.0%1.1 fewer in 100 | +75.2%8.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Emotional and Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 82 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 82 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 (89.7% of the money): 81 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 26 of 82.
Emotional is changed recently +1: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in West-facing view.
| Emotional | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view500 of 553 launches | Without the breakout552 of 553 launches | Last 18 months165 of 553 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 55343 hits | 50038 hits | 55242 hits | 16516 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 9.7 in 1001 in 10 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,384top tenth $73,384+ | $1,384 | $1,384 | $2,086 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | -2.1%0.2 fewer in 100 | +24.7%1.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +50.7%$702 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Emotional, 12 to 36 months old: 553 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 53 of 553 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 (66.9% of the money): 552 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 165 of 553.
Pixel Graphics is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.
| Pixel Graphics | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,492 of 3,686 launches | Without the breakout3,685 of 3,686 launches | Last 18 months1,072 of 3,686 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,686206 hits | 3,492187 hits | 3,685205 hits | 1,07271 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $449top tenth $31,794+ | $476 | $449 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -4.2%0.2 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +18.5%1.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +6.0%$27 more | 0.0%no change | -14.7%$66 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 3,686 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 194 of 3,686 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 (23.6% of the money): 3,685 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,072 of 3,686.
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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