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Niches / Exploration + First-Person
Exploration + First-Person
Games tagged both Exploration and First-Person: 1,259 indie paid launches, 83 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Exploration + First-Person priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Exploration and is about level with First-Person; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with Exploration and trails First-Person.
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.
Exploration + First-Person is about level with Exploration and trails First-Person: 19.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 20.6 in 100 for Exploration and 24.5 in 100 for First-Person.
That is about 0.9 times the 20.5 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: 0.4 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 161 games tagged both Exploration and First-Person priced $10 to $20. 19.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 20.9 in 100 for Exploration-only games and 26.7 in 100 for First-Person-only games, so the mix is about level with Exploration alone and trails First-Person alone.
Both: 161 games priced $10 to $20; 19.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $10,576.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 161 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 checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. 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.
Exploration + First-Person 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,230 of 1,259 launches | Without the breakout1,258 of 1,259 launches | Last 18 months375 of 1,259 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,25983 hits | 1,23080 hits | 1,25882 hits | 37520 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $918top tenth $37,567+ | $919 | $918 | $818 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -19.1%1.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.1%$1 more | 0.0%no change | -10.9%$100 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Exploration and First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 1,259 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 29 of 1,259 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, PEAK (23.2% of the money): 1,258 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 375 of 1,259.
Exploration 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.
| Exploration | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,432 of 4,635 launches | Without the breakout4,634 of 4,635 launches | Last 18 months1,277 of 4,635 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,635375 hits | 4,432357 hits | 4,634374 hits | 1,27799 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $876top tenth $64,081+ | $894 | $876 | $858 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.4%no change | -0.2%no change | -4.2%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.1%$18 more | 0.0%no change | -2.1%$18 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Exploration, 12 to 36 months old: 4,635 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 203 of 4,635 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (23.3% of the money): 4,634 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,277 of 4,635.
First-Person 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.
| First-Person | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,708 of 3,840 launches | Without the breakout3,839 of 3,840 launches | Last 18 months1,183 of 3,840 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,840270 hits | 3,708261 hits | 3,839269 hits | 1,18394 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 7.9 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $793top tenth $42,418+ | $799 | $793 | $750 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.1%no change | -0.3%no change | +13.0%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.8%$6 more | 0.0%no change | -5.4%$43 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 3,840 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 132 of 3,840 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (18.8% of the money): 3,839 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,183 of 3,840.
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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