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Niches / Historical + Puzzle
Historical + Puzzle
Games tagged both Historical and Puzzle: 65 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Historical + Puzzle priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Historical and beats Puzzle; 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.
13 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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13 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: 0.4 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 13 games tagged both Historical and Puzzle priced $10 to $20. 1 of 13 of them earned $100k+, against 28.6 in 100 for Historical-only games and 14.5 in 100 for Puzzle-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Historical alone and is too small to compare with Puzzle alone.
Both: 13 games priced $10 to $20; 1 of 13 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 10 of 13 launches · $10k+ 3 of 13 launches · $100k+ 1 of 13 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 13 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 2 of 2. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: not run yet.
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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.
Historical + Puzzle holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view62 of 65 launches | Without the breakout64 of 65 launches | Last 18 monthstoo few |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 655 hits | 625 hits | 644 hits | too few |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 4 of 64too few for a rate | too few |
| Chance of $10k+ | 18 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 43 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | too few |
| Chance against standard | the base | +4.8%0.4 more in 100 | -18.8%1.4 fewer in 100 | too few |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | too few |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Not run yet |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Historical and Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 65 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 65 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Botany Manor (26.0% of the money): 64 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Too few launches to run this lens.
Historical is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| Historical | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view378 of 425 launches | Without the breakout424 of 425 launches | Last 18 months106 of 425 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 42553 hits | 37847 hits | 42452 hits | 10612 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.5 in 100 | 12.4 in 100 | 12.3 in 100 | 11.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,124top tenth $185,560+ | $2,054 | $2,124 | $2,054 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.3%no change | -1.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -9.2%1.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -3.3%$70 less | 0.0%no change | -3.3%$70 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Historical, 12 to 36 months old: 425 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 47 of 425 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Manor Lords (63.2% of the money): 424 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 106 of 425.
Puzzle 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.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,055 of 5,256 launches | Without the breakout5,255 of 5,256 launches | Last 18 months1,493 of 5,256 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,256185 hits | 5,055174 hits | 5,255184 hits | 1,49359 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $421top tenth $14,242+ | $428 | $421 | $428 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +12.3%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.7%$7 more | 0.0%no change | +1.7%$7 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 5,256 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 201 of 5,256 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (7.4% of the money): 5,255 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,493 of 5,256.
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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