Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Funny + Linear
Games tagged both Funny and Linear: 92 indie paid launches, 2 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Funny + Linear priced under $5.
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.
Funny + Linear is too small to compare with Funny and is too small to compare with Linear: 1 of its 60 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 1.1 in 100 for Funny and 3 of 677 launches for Linear.
Small sample: 60 launches, 1 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 60 games tagged both Funny and Linear priced under $5. 1 of 60 of them earned $100k+, against 1.1 in 100 for Funny-only games and 2 of 617 for Linear-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Funny alone and is too small to compare with Linear alone.
Both: 60 games priced under $5; 1 of 60 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 32 in 100 · $10k+ 3 of 60 launches · $100k+ 1 of 60 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 60 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 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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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.
Funny + Linear 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view92 of 92 launches | Without the breakout91 of 92 launches | Last 18 months28 of 92 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 922 hits | 922 hits | 911 hits | 280 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2 of 92too few for a rate | 2 of 92too few for a rate | 1 of 91too few for a rate | 0 of 28too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 9 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 38 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | -49.5%1.1 fewer in 100 | -100.0%2.2 fewer 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 |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Funny and Linear, 12 to 36 months old: 92 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 92 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, RATSHAKER™ (26.8% of the money): 91 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 28 of 92.
Funny 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.
| Funny | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,670 of 1,754 launches | Without the breakout1,753 of 1,754 launches | Last 18 months496 of 1,754 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,754122 hits | 1,670113 hits | 1,753121 hits | 49635 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 7.1 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $779top tenth $45,160+ | $797 | $779 | $727 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | +1.5%0.1 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.3%$18 more | 0.0%no change | -6.7%$52 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Funny, 12 to 36 months old: 1,754 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 84 of 1,754 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 (29.7% of the money): 1,753 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 496 of 1,754.
Linear is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Linear | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,042 of 1,070 launches | Without the breakout1,069 of 1,070 launches | Last 18 months313 of 1,070 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,07012 hits | 1,04210 hits | 1,06911 hits | 3135 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.1 in 1001 in 89 | 1.0 in 1001 in 104 | 1.0 in 1001 in 97 | 1.6 in 1001 in 63 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $321top tenth $6,358+ | $325 | $313 | $273 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -14.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | -8.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | +42.4%0.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.2%$4 more | -2.5%$8 less | -15.0%$48 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Linear, 12 to 36 months old: 1,070 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 28 of 1,070 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Spilled! (9.8% of the money): 1,069 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 313 of 1,070.
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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