Niche

Escape Room + Mystery

Games tagged both Escape Room and Mystery: 45 indie paid launches, 2 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,758 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 2 Nov 2026. How it is measured.

Price $5 to $10

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 230 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2021 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,758 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

$5 to $10

Showing Escape Room + Mystery priced $5 to $10.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?$5 to $10

Escape Room + Mystery is too small to compare with Escape Room and is too small to compare with Mystery: 1 of its 24 launches earned $100k+ priced $5 to $10, against 2 of 52 launches for Escape Room and 4.2 in 100 for Mystery.

Small sample: 24 launches, 1 hits.

TIEA tie

Tag oneEscape Room

2 of 52launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds2 of 52 launches

$1k+58 in 100

$10k+17 in 100

Launches52 / 2 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

TIEA tie

This pairEscape Room + Mystery

1 of 24launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds1 of 24 launches

$1k+16 of 24 launches

$10k+6 of 24 launches

Launches24 / 1 hits

Expected3.6 in 100

TIEA tie

Tag twomood tagMystery

4.2in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds1 in 24

Typical earnings$1,807

Launches354 / 15 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

All indie launches $5 to $10: 3.6 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 28), typical $1,251, from 7,148 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at $5 to $10Mystery is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices45 in pair Under $514 in pair $5 to $1024 in pair$10 to $207: too few$20 to $40no launches

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 24 games tagged both Escape Room and Mystery priced $5 to $10. 1 of 24 of them earned $100k+, against 1 of 28 for Escape Room-only games and 4.2 in 100 for Mystery-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Escape Room alone and is too small to compare with Mystery alone.

Both: 24 games priced $5 to $10; 1 of 24 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 16 of 24 launches · $10k+ 6 of 24 launches · $100k+ 1 of 24 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 24 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?leads this pair49.5%

PairIs this Game Trying to Kill Me?49.5%

Escape RoomEscape Simulator 245.9%

MysteryBlue Prince14.6%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 1 of 3, 2 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Escape Room + Mystery

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? earned 49.5% of the estimated first-year money of the 45 Escape Room + Mystery launches.
Escape Room is led by Escape Simulator 2, with 45.9% of its money.
Mystery is led by Blue Prince, with 14.6% of its money.
No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Escape Room + Mystery holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Escape Room + Mystery through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view44 of 45 launches	Without the breakout44 of 45 launches	Last 18 months14 of 45 launches
Launches counted	452 hits	442 hits	441 hits	141 hits
Earned $100k+	2 of 45too few for a rate	2 of 44too few for a rate	1 of 44too few for a rate	1 of 14too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	27 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 67 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	+2.3%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell	-48.9%2.2 fewer in 100	+60.7%2.7 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Escape Room and Mystery, 12 to 36 months old: 45 launches.

Launches counted: 452 hits
Earned $100k+: 2 of 45too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: 27 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 67 in 100
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 45 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 442 hits
Earned $100k+: 2 of 44too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: +2.3%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? (49.5% of the money): 44 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 441 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 44too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -48.9%2.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 14 of 45.

Launches counted: 141 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 14too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: +60.7%2.7 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Escape Room and Mystery, 12 to 36 months old: 45 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 45 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? (49.5% of the money): 44 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 14 of 45.

Escape Room holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Escape Room through every lens, all prices
Escape Room	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view128 of 131 launches	Without the breakout130 of 131 launches	Last 18 months43 of 131 launches
Launches counted	1316 hits	1286 hits	1305 hits	432 hits
Earned $100k+	4.6 in 1001 in 22	4.7 in 1001 in 21	3.8 in 1001 in 26	2 of 43too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings	$1,150top tenth $26,707+	$1,280	$1,150	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	+2.3%0.1 more in 100	-16.0%0.7 fewer in 100	+1.6%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	+11.3%$130 more	0.0%no change	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Escape Room, 12 to 36 months old: 131 launches.

Launches counted: 1316 hits
Earned $100k+: 4.6 in 1001 in 22
Typical first-year earnings: $1,150top tenth $26,707+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 131 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1286 hits
Earned $100k+: 4.7 in 1001 in 21
Typical first-year earnings: $1,280
Chance against standard: +2.3%0.1 more in 100
Typical against standard: +11.3%$130 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Escape Simulator 2 (45.9% of the money): 130 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1305 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.8 in 1001 in 26
Typical first-year earnings: $1,150
Chance against standard: -16.0%0.7 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 43 of 131.

Launches counted: 432 hits
Earned $100k+: 2 of 43too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: +1.6%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Escape Room, 12 to 36 months old: 131 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 131 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Escape Simulator 2 (45.9% of the money): 130 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 43 of 131.

Mystery is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Mystery through every lens, all prices
Mystery	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,167 of 1,239 launches	Without the breakout1,238 of 1,239 launches	Last 18 months402 of 1,239 launches
Launches counted	1,239109 hits	1,16795 hits	1,238108 hits	40237 hits
Earned $100k+	8.8 in 1001 in 11	8.1 in 1001 in 12	8.7 in 1001 in 11	9.2 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings	$1,040top tenth $81,013+	$1,020	$1,040	$797
Chance against standard	the base	-7.5%0.7 fewer in 100	-0.8%0.1 fewer in 100	+4.6%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	-1.9%$20 less	0.0%no change	-23.4%$243 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Mystery, 12 to 36 months old: 1,239 launches.

Launches counted: 1,239109 hits
Earned $100k+: 8.8 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings: $1,040top tenth $81,013+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 72 of 1,239 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,16795 hits
Earned $100k+: 8.1 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings: $1,020
Chance against standard: -7.5%0.7 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.9%$20 less

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (14.6% of the money): 1,238 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,238108 hits
Earned $100k+: 8.7 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings: $1,040
Chance against standard: -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 402 of 1,239.

Launches counted: 40237 hits
Earned $100k+: 9.2 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings: $797
Chance against standard: +4.6%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard: -23.4%$243 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Mystery, 12 to 36 months old: 1,239 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 72 of 1,239 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (14.6% of the money): 1,238 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 402 of 1,239.

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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