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Emotional + Relaxing
Games tagged both Emotional and Relaxing: 78 indie paid launches, 9 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Emotional + Relaxing 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.
Emotional + Relaxing beats both its tags: 5 of its 17 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 19.5 in 100 for Emotional and 23.6 in 100 for Relaxing.
Small sample: 17 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 17 games tagged both Emotional and Relaxing priced $10 to $20. 29.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 18.0 for Emotional-only games and 23.3 for Relaxing-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 17 games priced $10 to $20; 29.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $23,980.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 17 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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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.
Emotional + Relaxing is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view74 of 78 launches | Without the breakout77 of 78 launches | Last 18 months44 of 78 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 789 hits | 748 hits | 778 hits | 442 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.5 in 100 | 10.8 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,920top tenth $116,912+ | $1,920 | $1,514 | $806 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -6.1%0.7 fewer in 100 | -9.6%1.1 fewer in 100 | -60.9%7.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -21.1%$406 less | -58.0%$1,114 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Emotional and Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 78 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 78 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Farewell North (12.6% of the money): 77 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 44 of 78.
Emotional holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Emotional | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view579 of 646 launches | Without the breakout645 of 646 launches | Last 18 months375 of 646 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 64650 hits | 57944 hits | 64549 hits | 37527 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,334top tenth $71,625+ | $1,214 | $1,314 | $1,214 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -6.5%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -9.0%$120 less | -1.5%$20 less | -9.0%$120 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Emotional, 6 to 30 months old: 646 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 67 of 646 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 (67.2% of the money): 645 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 375 of 646.
Relaxing holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Relaxing | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,742 of 2,876 launches | Without the breakout2,875 of 2,876 launches | Last 18 months1,653 of 2,876 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,876162 hits | 2,742150 hits | 2,875161 hits | 1,653103 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $546top tenth $31,569+ | $581 | $546 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | +10.7%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +6.4%$35 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 2,876 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 134 of 2,876 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crime Scene Cleaner (11.8% of the money): 2,875 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,653 of 2,876.
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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