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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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Niches / Gun Customization + Shooter
Gun Customization + Shooter
Games tagged both Gun Customization and Shooter: 57 indie paid launches, 11 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Gun Customization + Shooter priced $10 to $20.
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.
Gun Customization + Shooter beats both its tags: 6 of its 15 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 6 of 25 launches for Gun Customization and 19.5 in 100 for Shooter.
Small sample: 15 launches, 6 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: 0.5 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 15 games tagged both Gun Customization and Shooter priced $10 to $20. 40.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 0.0 for Gun Customization-only games and 18.7 for Shooter-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 40.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $37,640.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 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.
Gun Customization + Shooter 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 view57 of 57 launches | Without the breakout56 of 57 launches | Last 18 months32 of 57 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5711 hits | 5711 hits | 5610 hits | 326 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 19.3 in 100 | 19.3 in 100 | 17.9 in 100 | 18.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,617top tenth $371,199+ | $1,617 | $1,617 | $1,415 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -7.3%1.4 fewer in 100 | -2.6%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -12.5%$202 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Gun Customization and Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 57 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 57 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, SULFUR (30.8% of the money): 56 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 32 of 57.
Gun Customization holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Gun Customization | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view116 of 116 launches | Without the breakout115 of 116 launches | Last 18 months68 of 116 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 11613 hits | 11613 hits | 11512 hits | 686 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.2 in 100 | 11.2 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,214top tenth $134,052+ | $1,214 | $1,132 | $1,132 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -7.1%0.8 fewer in 100 | -21.4%2.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -6.8%$82 less | -6.8%$82 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Gun Customization, 6 to 30 months old: 116 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 116 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, SULFUR (23.7% of the money): 115 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 68 of 116.
Shooter holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,534 of 2,618 launches | Without the breakout2,617 of 2,618 launches | Last 18 months1,346 of 2,618 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,618155 hits | 2,534149 hits | 2,617154 hits | 1,34675 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $363top tenth $20,964+ | $403 | $363 | $324 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -5.1%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.0%$40 more | 0.0%no change | -10.7%$39 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 2,618 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 84 of 2,618 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 (19.2% of the money): 2,617 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,346 of 2,618.
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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