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Niches / Linear + Story Rich
Linear + Story Rich
Games tagged both Linear and Story Rich: 188 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Linear + Story Rich priced $10 to $20.
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.
Linear + Story Rich beats Linear and trails Story Rich: 5.7 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 4.3 in 100 for Linear and 19.9 in 100 for Story Rich.
That is 1 in 18, about 0.3 times the 18.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.
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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 35 games tagged both Linear and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 5.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 3.8 for Linear-only games and 20.6 for Story Rich-only games, so the mix beats Linear alone and trails Story Rich alone.
Both: 35 games priced $10 to $20; 5.7 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 18), typical first-year earnings $3,885.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 35 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Linear + Story Rich is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view179 of 188 launches | Without the breakout187 of 188 launches | Last 18 months107 of 188 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1885 hits | 1795 hits | 1874 hits | 1074 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 | 2.1 in 1001 in 48 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $910top tenth $12,749+ | $911 | $910 | $969 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.7%0.1 more in 100 | -22.2%0.6 fewer in 100 | +37.0%1.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.1%$1 more | 0.0%no change | +6.5%$59 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Linear and Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 188 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 188 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crisol: Theater of Idols (43.1% of the money): 187 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 107 of 188.
Linear holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Linear | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,153 of 1,188 launches | Without the breakout1,187 of 1,188 launches | Last 18 months639 of 1,188 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,18814 hits | 1,15312 hits | 1,18713 hits | 6399 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.2 in 1001 in 83 | 1.0 in 1001 in 100 | 1.1 in 1001 in 91 | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $323top tenth $6,871+ | $323 | $322 | $243 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -16.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -8.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | +16.7%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -0.3%$1 less | -24.8%$80 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Linear, 6 to 30 months old: 1,188 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 35 of 1,188 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crisol: Theater of Idols (17.3% of the money): 1,187 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 639 of 1,188.
Story Rich holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,571 of 2,810 launches | Without the breakout2,809 of 2,810 launches | Last 18 months1,542 of 2,810 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,810301 hits | 2,571267 hits | 2,809300 hits | 1,542154 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.7 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 10.7 in 100 | 10.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,062top tenth $111,964+ | $2,062 | $2,062 | $1,998 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.8%0.3 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -6.5%0.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -3.1%$64 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 6 to 30 months old: 2,810 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 239 of 2,810 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (18.4% of the money): 2,809 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,542 of 2,810.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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