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.
Horror + Survival
Games tagged both Horror and Survival: 179 indie paid launches, 8 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Horror + Survival priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Horror and trails Survival; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Horror and is too small to compare with Survival.
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.
Horror + Survival is too small to compare with Horror and is too small to compare with Survival: 1 of its 27 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 19.1 in 100 for Horror and 21.4 in 100 for Survival.
Small sample: 27 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: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 27 games tagged both Horror and Survival priced $10 to $20. 1 of 27 of them earned $100k+, against 20.4 in 100 for Horror-only games and 24.0 in 100 for Survival-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Horror alone and is too small to compare with Survival alone.
Both: 27 games priced $10 to $20; 1 of 27 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $8,003.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 27 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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.
Horror + Survival is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view175 of 179 launches | Without the breakout178 of 179 launches | Last 18 months52 of 179 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1798 hits | 1758 hits | 1787 hits | 521 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 | 4.6 in 1001 in 22 | 3.9 in 1001 in 25 | 1 of 52too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,042top tenth $27,239+ | $1,042 | $1,042 | $804 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.3%0.1 more in 100 | -12.0%0.5 fewer in 100 | -57.0%2.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -22.8%$238 less; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Horror and Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 179 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 179 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, R.E.P.O. (85.2% of the money): 178 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 52 of 179.
Horror 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.
| Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,989 of 3,137 launches | Without the breakout3,136 of 3,137 launches | Last 18 months883 of 3,137 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,137173 hits | 2,989168 hits | 3,136172 hits | 88346 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,010top tenth $33,268+ | $1,021 | $1,010 | $918 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.9%0.1 more in 100 | -0.5%no change | -5.5%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.1%$11 more | 0.0%no change | -9.1%$92 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 3,137 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 148 of 3,137 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Lethal Company (20.0% of the money): 3,136 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 883 of 3,137.
Survival 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.
| Survival | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view973 of 1,016 launches | Without the breakout1,015 of 1,016 launches | Last 18 months269 of 1,016 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,01697 hits | 97394 hits | 1,01596 hits | 26922 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.5 in 1001 in 10 | 9.7 in 1001 in 10 | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,013top tenth $84,675+ | $1,021 | $1,012 | $992 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -14.3%1.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.8%$8 more | -0.1%$1 less | -2.1%$21 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 1,016 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 43 of 1,016 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Palworld (39.6% of the money): 1,015 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 269 of 1,016.
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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