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.
Isometric + RPG
Games tagged both Isometric and RPG: 88 indie paid launches, 14 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Isometric + RPG priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Isometric and is too small to compare with RPG.
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.
Isometric + RPG is too small to compare with Isometric and is too small to compare with RPG: 5 of its 28 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 18.2 in 100 for Isometric and 20.3 in 100 for RPG.
Small sample: 28 launches, 5 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 28 games tagged both Isometric and RPG priced $10 to $20. 5 of 28 of them earned $100k+, against 18.3 in 100 for Isometric-only games and 20.4 in 100 for RPG-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Isometric alone and is too small to compare with RPG alone.
Both: 28 games priced $10 to $20; 5 of 28 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 26 of 28 launches · $10k+ 12 of 28 launches · $100k+ 5 of 28 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 28 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: 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.
Isometric + RPG is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view86 of 88 launches | Without the breakout87 of 88 launches | Last 18 months27 of 88 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8814 hits | 8613 hits | 8713 hits | 275 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.9 in 100 | 15.1 in 100 | 14.9 in 100 | 5 of 27too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 28 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 61 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.0%0.8 fewer in 100 | -6.1%1.0 fewer in 100 | +16.4%2.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Isometric and RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 88 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 88 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (77.8% of the money): 87 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 27 of 88.
Isometric is changed recently +2: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 2 more lenses too.
| Isometric | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view454 of 458 launches | Without the breakout457 of 458 launches | Last 18 months134 of 458 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 45845 hits | 45443 hits | 45744 hits | 13415 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.8 in 1001 in 10 | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 | 9.6 in 1001 in 10 | 11.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $945top tenth $99,896+ | $938 | $938 | $1,622 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -3.6%0.4 fewer in 100 | -2.0%0.2 fewer in 100 | +13.9%1.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -0.7%$7 less | -0.7%$7 less | +71.6%$677 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Isometric, 12 to 36 months old: 458 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 458 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (66.4% of the money): 457 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 134 of 458.
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 | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,132 of 3,723 launches | Without the breakout3,722 of 3,723 launches | Last 18 months1,023 of 3,723 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,723297 hits | 3,132251 hits | 3,722296 hits | 1,02385 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 8.0 in 1001 in 12 | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 8.3 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $701top tenth $63,965+ | $766 | $701 | $893 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.5%no change | -0.3%no change | +4.2%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.3%$65 more | 0.0%no change | +27.4%$192 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 3,723 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 591 of 3,723 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (18.0% of the money): 3,722 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,023 of 3,723.
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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