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Niches / Funny + Story Rich
Funny + Story Rich
Games tagged both Funny and Story Rich: 189 indie paid launches, 23 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Funny + Story Rich priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
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.
53 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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53 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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 53 games tagged both Funny and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 15.1 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.2 for Funny-only games and 20.2 for Story Rich-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 53 games priced $10 to $20; 15.1 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $12,549.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 53 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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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.
Funny + Story Rich is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view177 of 189 launches | Without the breakout188 of 189 launches | Last 18 months99 of 189 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 18923 hits | 17722 hits | 18822 hits | 9914 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.2 in 100 | 12.4 in 100 | 11.7 in 100 | 14.1 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,428top tenth $147,751+ | $2,428 | $2,428 | $3,941 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.6%0.2 more in 100 | -4.1%0.5 fewer in 100 | +15.6%1.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +62.3%$1,513 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Funny and Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 189 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 12 of 189 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 (78.2% of the money): 188 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 99 of 189.
Funny holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Funny | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,883 of 1,962 launches | Without the breakout1,961 of 1,962 launches | Last 18 months1,086 of 1,962 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,962117 hits | 1,883108 hits | 1,961116 hits | 1,08656 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $808top tenth $37,489+ | $809 | $808 | $655 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.0%0.3 fewer in 100 | -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.3%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.1%$1 more | 0.0%no change | -18.9%$153 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Funny, 6 to 30 months old: 1,962 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 79 of 1,962 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 (26.3% of the money): 1,961 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,086 of 1,962.
Story Rich holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,571 of 2,810 launches | Without the breakout2,809 of 2,810 launches | Last 18 months1,542 of 2,810 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,810301 hits | 2,571267 hits | 2,809300 hits | 1,542154 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.7 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 10.7 in 100 | 10.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,062top tenth $111,964+ | $2,062 | $2,062 | $1,998 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.8%0.3 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -6.5%0.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -3.1%$64 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 2,810 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 239 of 2,810 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 (18.4% of the money): 2,809 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,542 of 2,810.
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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