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Niches / Hack and Slash + RPG

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Hack and Slash + RPG

Games tagged both Hack and Slash and RPG: 311 indie paid launches, 30 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

  • A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
  • Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
  • From 26,280 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Showing Hack and Slash + RPG priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Hack and Slash and is about level with RPG; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with Hack and Slash and beats RPG.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?$10 to $20

Hack and Slash + RPG is about level with Hack and Slash and beats RPG: 21.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 21.7 in 100 for Hack and Slash and 17.6 in 100 for RPG.

That is about 1.2 times the 17.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.

TIEA tie
Tag oneHack and Slash
21.7in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds21.7 in 100
Typical earnings$14,890
Launches180 / 39 hits
A tie, apart by0.3 in 100
TIEA tie
This pairHack and Slash + RPG
21.3in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds21.3 in 100
Typical earnings$9,175
Launches75 / 16 hits
Expected17.6 in 100
3RDThird
Tag twoRPG
17.6in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds17.6 in 100
Typical earnings$8,454
Launches786 / 138 hits
Pair leads by3.8 in 100
All indie launches $10 to $20: 17.6 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $8,234, from 4,301 launches.each block is 2 in 100 all indie at $10 to $20

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.

Price bandswitches the whole page
All prices311 in pairUnder $5128 in pair$5 to $1086 in pair$10 to $2075 in pair$20 to $4022 in pair
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 75 games tagged both Hack and Slash and RPG priced $10 to $20. 21.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 21.9 in 100 for Hack and Slash-only games and 17.2 in 100 for RPG-only games, so the mix is about level with Hack and Slash alone and beats RPG alone.

Both: 75 games priced $10 to $20; 21.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $9,175.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 75 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Path of Exile 2leads this pair54.9%
PairPath of Exile 254.9%
Hack and SlashPath of Exile 243.9%
RPGPath of Exile 218.0%
CheckOne game over half?yes
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: holds.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Hack and Slash + RPG

What this card holds

  • Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
  • One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
  • Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready
Same price banddata ready
Launched within a year of each otherplanned
Earned $100k+planned
The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

  • Path of Exile 2 earned 54.9% of the estimated first-year money of the 311 Hack and Slash + RPG launches.
  • It also leads Hack and Slash, with 43.9% of that tag's money.
  • It also leads RPG, with 18.0% of that tag's money.
  • One game holds over half of this pair's money: read every figure here as that game's story.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Hack and Slash + RPG is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.

Hack and Slash + RPG through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view286 of 311 launchesWithout the breakout310 of 311 launchesLast 18 months70 of 311 launches
Launches counted31130 hits28626 hits31029 hits706 hits
Earned $100k+9.6 in 1001 in 109.1 in 1001 in 119.4 in 1001 in 118.6 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings$709top tenth $95,916+$766$709$766
Chance against standardthe base-5.8%0.6 fewer in 100-3.0%0.3 fewer in 100-11.1%1.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standardthe base+8.0%$57 more0.0%no change+8.0%$57 more; too few to tell
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsMoves the answerHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Hack and Slash and RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 311 launches.

Launches counted
31130 hits
Earned $100k+
9.6 in 1001 in 10
Typical first-year earnings
$709top tenth $95,916+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 25 of 311 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
28626 hits
Earned $100k+
9.1 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings
$766
Chance against standard
-5.8%0.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+8.0%$57 more
Without the breakoutMoves the answer

Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (54.9% of the money): 310 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
31029 hits
Earned $100k+
9.4 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings
$709
Chance against standard
-3.0%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 70 of 311.

Launches counted
706 hits
Earned $100k+
8.6 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$766
Chance against standard
-11.1%1.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+8.0%$57 more; too few to tell
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Hack and Slash and RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 311 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 25 of 311 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (54.9% of the money): 310 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 70 of 311.

Hack and Slash is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Hack and Slash through every lens, all prices
Hack and SlashBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view792 of 829 launchesWithout the breakout828 of 829 launchesLast 18 months219 of 829 launches
Launches counted82982 hits79275 hits82881 hits21923 hits
Earned $100k+9.9 in 1001 in 109.5 in 1001 in 119.8 in 1001 in 1010.5 in 100
Typical first-year earnings$801top tenth $99,462+$892$801$766
Chance against standardthe base-4.3%0.4 fewer in 100-1.1%0.1 fewer in 100+6.2%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+11.4%$91 more0.0%no change-4.4%$35 less
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Hack and Slash, 12 to 36 months old: 829 launches.

Launches counted
82982 hits
Earned $100k+
9.9 in 1001 in 10
Typical first-year earnings
$801top tenth $99,462+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 37 of 829 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
79275 hits
Earned $100k+
9.5 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings
$892
Chance against standard
-4.3%0.4 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+11.4%$91 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (43.9% of the money): 828 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
82881 hits
Earned $100k+
9.8 in 1001 in 10
Typical first-year earnings
$801
Chance against standard
-1.1%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 219 of 829.

Launches counted
21923 hits
Earned $100k+
10.5 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$766
Chance against standard
+6.2%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standard
-4.4%$35 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Hack and Slash, 12 to 36 months old: 829 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 37 of 829 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (43.9% of the money): 828 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 219 of 829.

RPG is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.

RPG through every lens, all prices
RPGBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view3,125 of 3,715 launchesWithout the breakout3,714 of 3,715 launchesLast 18 months1,018 of 3,715 launches
Launches counted3,715270 hits3,125225 hits3,714269 hits1,01882 hits
Earned $100k+7.3 in 1001 in 147.2 in 1001 in 147.2 in 1001 in 148.1 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings$675top tenth $51,629+$729$675$859
Chance against standardthe base-0.9%0.1 fewer in 100-0.3%no change+10.8%0.8 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+8.0%$54 more0.0%no change+27.3%$184 more
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsMoves the answer
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 3,715 launches.

Launches counted
3,715270 hits
Earned $100k+
7.3 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings
$675top tenth $51,629+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 590 of 3,715 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
3,125225 hits
Earned $100k+
7.2 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings
$729
Chance against standard
-0.9%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+8.0%$54 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (18.0% of the money): 3,714 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
3,714269 hits
Earned $100k+
7.2 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings
$675
Chance against standard
-0.3%no change
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,018 of 3,715.

Launches counted
1,01882 hits
Earned $100k+
8.1 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$859
Chance against standard
+10.8%0.8 more in 100
Typical against standard
+27.3%$184 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 3,715 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 590 of 3,715 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (18.0% of the money): 3,714 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,018 of 3,715.

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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