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Emotional + Romance
Games tagged both Emotional and Romance: 87 indie paid launches, 8 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Emotional + Romance priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it trails Emotional and beats Romance.
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 + Romance trails Emotional and beats Romance: 4 of its 22 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 19.5 in 100 for Emotional and 12.7 in 100 for Romance.
Small sample: 22 launches, 4 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 22 games tagged both Emotional and Romance priced $10 to $20. 18.2 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.8 for Emotional-only games and 11.9 for Romance-only games, so the mix trails Emotional alone and beats Romance alone.
Both: 22 games priced $10 to $20; 18.2 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $3,157.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 22 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.
Open free previewFree until launch: one click opens the card.
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 + Romance 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 view69 of 87 launches | Without the breakout86 of 87 launches | Last 18 months47 of 87 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 878 hits | 697 hits | 867 hits | 473 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.2 in 1001 in 11 | 10.1 in 100 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 6.4 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,367top tenth $92,294+ | $1,942 | $2,367 | $1,619 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +9.8%0.9 more in 100 | -12.0%1.1 fewer in 100 | -30.4%2.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -18.0%$425 less | 0.0%no change | -31.6%$748 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Emotional and Romance, 6 to 30 months old: 87 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 87 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Until Then (72.7% of the money): 86 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 47 of 87.
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.
Romance is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Romance | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view550 of 628 launches | Without the breakout627 of 628 launches | Last 18 months315 of 628 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 62845 hits | 55039 hits | 62744 hits | 31517 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.1 in 1001 in 14 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,324top tenth $57,655+ | $2,265 | $2,324 | $1,732 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.8%0.2 fewer in 100 | -25.0%1.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -2.5%$59 less | 0.0%no change | -25.5%$592 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Romance, 6 to 30 months old: 628 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 78 of 628 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fields of Mistria (24.2% of the money): 627 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 315 of 628.
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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