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Niches / FPS + Story Rich
FPS + Story Rich
Games tagged both FPS and Story Rich: 62 indie paid launches, 14 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing FPS + Story Rich priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with FPS and is too small to compare with Story Rich.
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.
FPS + Story Rich is too small to compare with FPS and is too small to compare with Story Rich: 3 of its 17 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 24.9 in 100 for FPS and 21.3 in 100 for Story Rich.
Small sample: 17 launches, 3 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: 0.4 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 17 games tagged both FPS and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 3 of 17 of them earned $100k+, against 25.5 in 100 for FPS-only games and 21.4 in 100 for Story Rich-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with FPS alone and is too small to compare with Story Rich alone.
Both: 17 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 17 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 14 of 17 launches · $10k+ 8 of 17 launches · $100k+ 3 of 17 launches.
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 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.
FPS + Story Rich 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 view60 of 62 launches | Without the breakout61 of 62 launches | Last 18 months19 of 62 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6214 hits | 6014 hits | 6113 hits | 195 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 22.6 in 100 | 23.3 in 100 | 21.3 in 100 | 5 of 19too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 35 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 58 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.3%0.8 more in 100 | -5.6%1.3 fewer in 100 | +16.5%3.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both FPS and Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 62 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 62 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, RoboCop: Rogue City (49.4% of the money): 61 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 19 of 62.
FPS 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.
| FPS | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,270 of 1,302 launches | Without the breakout1,301 of 1,302 launches | Last 18 months369 of 1,302 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,302113 hits | 1,270112 hits | 1,301112 hits | 36938 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.7 in 1001 in 12 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 10.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $559top tenth $60,733+ | $575 | $556 | $643 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.6%0.1 more in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | +18.7%1.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.9%$16 more | -0.5%$3 less | +15.0%$84 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged FPS, 12 to 36 months old: 1,302 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 1,302 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (20.5% of the money): 1,301 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 369 of 1,302.
Story Rich is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,304 of 2,537 launches | Without the breakout2,536 of 2,537 launches | Last 18 months747 of 2,537 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,537298 hits | 2,304256 hits | 2,536297 hits | 74784 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.7 in 100 | 11.1 in 100 | 11.7 in 100 | 11.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,080top tenth $130,829+ | $2,080 | $2,080 | $2,340 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.4%0.6 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | -4.3%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +12.5%$260 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 2,537 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 233 of 2,537 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 (15.6% of the money): 2,536 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 747 of 2,537.
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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