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Niches / Horror + Walking Simulator
Horror + Walking Simulator
Games tagged both Horror and Walking Simulator: 734 indie paid launches, 25 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Horror + Walking Simulator priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Horror and is about level with Walking Simulator; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Horror and is too small to compare with Walking Simulator.
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 + Walking Simulator is too small to compare with Horror and is too small to compare with Walking Simulator: 10 of its 27 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 22.2 in 100 for Horror and 21.1 in 100 for Walking Simulator.
Small sample: 27 launches, 10 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: 0.4 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 27 games tagged both Horror and Walking Simulator priced $10 to $20. 10 of 27 of them earned $100k+, against 21.0 in 100 for Horror-only games and 14.7 in 100 for Walking Simulator-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Horror alone and is too small to compare with Walking Simulator alone.
Both: 27 games priced $10 to $20; 10 of 27 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 25 of 27 launches · $10k+ 16 of 27 launches · $100k+ 10 of 27 launches.
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 checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Horror + Walking Simulator 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view695 of 734 launches | Without the breakout733 of 734 launches | Last 18 months233 of 734 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 73425 hits | 69525 hits | 73324 hits | 2337 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.6 in 1001 in 28 | 3.3 in 1001 in 31 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,264top tenth $18,727+ | $1,351 | $1,252 | $1,199 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +5.6%0.2 more in 100 | -3.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.8%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +6.9%$87 more | -0.9%$12 less | -5.1%$65 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Horror and Walking Simulator, 12 to 36 months old: 734 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 39 of 734 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mouthwashing (36.4% of the money): 733 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 233 of 734.
Horror is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,137 of 3,283 launches | Without the breakout3,282 of 3,283 launches | Last 18 months1,000 of 3,283 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,283193 hits | 3,137189 hits | 3,282192 hits | 1,00058 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,005top tenth $35,503+ | $1,023 | $1,005 | $942 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.5%0.1 more in 100 | -0.5%no change | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.8%$18 more | 0.0%no change | -6.3%$63 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 3,283 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 146 of 3,283 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. (17.8% of the money): 3,282 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,000 of 3,283.
Walking Simulator 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.
| Walking Simulator | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,369 of 1,429 launches | Without the breakout1,428 of 1,429 launches | Last 18 months449 of 1,429 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,42950 hits | 1,36950 hits | 1,42849 hits | 44915 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $906top tenth $16,441+ | $925 | $906 | $799 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +4.4%0.2 more in 100 | -1.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -4.5%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.1%$19 more | 0.0%no change | -11.8%$107 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Walking Simulator, 12 to 36 months old: 1,429 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 60 of 1,429 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Talos Principle 2 (18.3% of the money): 1,428 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 449 of 1,429.
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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