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Niches / Female Protagonist + RPG
Female Protagonist + RPG
Games tagged both Female Protagonist and RPG: 309 indie paid launches, 29 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Female Protagonist + RPG priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is level with Female Protagonist and trails RPG.
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.
Female Protagonist + RPG is level with Female Protagonist and trails RPG: 16.7 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 17.0 in 100 for Female Protagonist and 18.5 in 100 for RPG.
That is about 0.9 times the 18.6 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: 0.5 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 90 games tagged both Female Protagonist and RPG priced $10 to $20. 16.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 17.1 for Female Protagonist-only games and 18.7 for RPG-only games, so the mix is level with Female Protagonist alone and trails RPG alone.
Both: 90 games priced $10 to $20; 16.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $10,259.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 90 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 yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Female Protagonist + RPG holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view220 of 309 launches | Without the breakout308 of 309 launches | Last 18 months178 of 309 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 30929 hits | 22016 hits | 30828 hits | 17819 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.4 in 1001 in 11 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 9.1 in 1001 in 11 | 10.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,225top tenth $97,961+ | $2,024 | $2,225 | $2,550 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -22.3%2.1 fewer in 100 | -3.2%0.3 fewer in 100 | +13.8%1.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -9.0%$201 less | 0.0%no change | +14.6%$325 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Female Protagonist and RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 309 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 89 of 309 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (71.0% of the money): 308 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 178 of 309.
Female Protagonist holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Female Protagonist | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,385 of 1,533 launches | Without the breakout1,532 of 1,533 launches | Last 18 months842 of 1,533 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,533136 hits | 1,385114 hits | 1,532135 hits | 84276 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.9 in 1001 in 11 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 | 9.0 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,698top tenth $79,226+ | $1,618 | $1,698 | $1,718 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -7.9%0.7 fewer in 100 | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | +1.1%0.1 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -4.7%$80 less | 0.0%no change | +1.2%$20 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Female Protagonist, 6 to 30 months old: 1,533 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 148 of 1,533 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 (44.6% of the money): 1,532 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 842 of 1,533.
RPG holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| RPG | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,513 of 4,151 launches | Without the breakout4,150 of 4,151 launches | Last 18 months2,257 of 4,151 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,151319 hits | 3,513268 hits | 4,150318 hits | 2,257162 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $708top tenth $62,744+ | $728 | $708 | $607 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -6.5%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +2.8%$20 more | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$101 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 4,151 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 638 of 4,151 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (16.6% of the money): 4,150 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,257 of 4,151.
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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