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Niches / Medieval + Visual Novel

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Medieval + Visual Novel

Games tagged both Medieval and Visual Novel: 40 indie paid launches, 0 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

  • A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
  • Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
  • From 26,291 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Showing Medieval + Visual Novel priced under $5, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is too small to compare with Medieval and is too small to compare with Visual Novel; priced under $5 it has too few launches to read.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?Under $5

15 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

Pick another price band, or lower the minimum sample.

TIEA tie
Tag oneMedieval
1 of 295launches earned
$100k+ small
Odds1 of 295 launches
Typical earnings$142
Launches295 / 1 hits
Pairno reading
--No reading
This pairMedieval + Visual Novel
--too few
to read
Odds--
Typical earnings--
Launches15

15 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.

TIEA tie
3 of 779launches earned
$100k+ small
Odds3 of 779 launches
Typical earnings$318
Launches779 / 3 hits
Pairno reading
All indie launches under $5: 0.4 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 238), typical $158, from 13,785 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at under $5

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page
All prices40 in pairUnder $515 in pair$5 to $1014 in pair$10 to $208: too few$20 to $403: too few
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 15 games tagged both Medieval and Visual Novel priced under $5. 0 of 15 of them earned $100k+, against 1 of 280 for Medieval-only games and 3 of 764 for Visual Novel-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Medieval alone and is too small to compare with Visual Novel alone.

Both: 15 games priced under $5; 0 of 15 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 3 of 15 launches · $10k+ 0 of 15 launches · $100k+ 0 of 15 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snowleads this pair31.8%
PairMisericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow31.8%
MedievalBellwright17.3%
Visual NovelSlay the Princess — The Pristine Cut7.1%
CheckOne game over half?no
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 1 of 3, 2 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Medieval + Visual Novel

What this card holds

  • Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
  • One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
  • Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready
Same price banddata ready
Launched within a year of each otherplanned
Earned $100k+planned
The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

  • Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow earned 31.8% of the estimated first-year money of the 40 Medieval + Visual Novel launches.
  • Medieval is led by Bellwright, with 17.3% of its money.
  • Visual Novel is led by Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, with 7.1% of its money.
  • No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Medieval + Visual Novel holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Medieval + Visual Novel through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view38 of 40 launchesWithout the breakout39 of 40 launchesLast 18 months10 of 40 launches
Launches counted400 hits380 hits390 hits100 hits
Earned $100k+0 of 40too few for a rate0 of 38too few for a rate0 of 39too few for a rate0 of 10too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+15 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 45 in 100under 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Chance against standardthe base0.0%no change; too few to tell0.0%no change0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standardthe baseunder 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Does it hold?The base viewToo few to tellHoldsToo few to tell
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Medieval and Visual Novel, 12 to 36 months old: 40 launches.

Launches counted
400 hits
Earned $100k+
0 of 40too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
15 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 45 in 100
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 40 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
380 hits
Earned $100k+
0 of 38too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow (31.8% of the money): 39 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
390 hits
Earned $100k+
0 of 39too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
0.0%no change
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 10 of 40.

Launches counted
100 hits
Earned $100k+
0 of 10too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Medieval and Visual Novel, 12 to 36 months old: 40 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 40 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow (31.8% of the money): 39 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 10 of 40.

Medieval is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.

Medieval through every lens, all prices
MedievalBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view567 of 609 launchesWithout the breakout608 of 609 launchesLast 18 months175 of 609 launches
Launches counted60950 hits56749 hits60849 hits17521 hits
Earned $100k+8.2 in 1001 in 128.6 in 1001 in 128.1 in 1001 in 1212.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings$506top tenth $73,548+$526$506$632
Chance against standardthe base+5.3%0.4 more in 100-1.8%0.2 fewer in 100+46.2%3.8 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+4.0%$20 more0.0%no change+24.9%$126 more
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsMoves the answer
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Medieval, 12 to 36 months old: 609 launches.

Launches counted
60950 hits
Earned $100k+
8.2 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$506top tenth $73,548+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 609 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
56749 hits
Earned $100k+
8.6 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$526
Chance against standard
+5.3%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard
+4.0%$20 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Bellwright (17.3% of the money): 608 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
60849 hits
Earned $100k+
8.1 in 1001 in 12
Typical first-year earnings
$506
Chance against standard
-1.8%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 175 of 609.

Launches counted
17521 hits
Earned $100k+
12.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$632
Chance against standard
+46.2%3.8 more in 100
Typical against standard
+24.9%$126 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Medieval, 12 to 36 months old: 609 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 609 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Bellwright (17.3% of the money): 608 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 175 of 609.

Visual Novel is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Visual Novel through every lens, all prices
Visual NovelBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view1,641 of 1,872 launchesWithout the breakout1,871 of 1,872 launchesLast 18 months534 of 1,872 launches
Launches counted1,872130 hits1,64199 hits1,871129 hits53441 hits
Earned $100k+6.9 in 1001 in 146.0 in 1001 in 176.9 in 1001 in 157.7 in 1001 in 13
Typical first-year earnings$1,448top tenth $61,563+$1,430$1,445$1,594
Chance against standardthe base-13.1%0.9 fewer in 100-0.7%no change+10.6%0.7 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base-1.2%$18 less-0.2%$3 less+10.1%$146 more
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Visual Novel, 12 to 36 months old: 1,872 launches.

Launches counted
1,872130 hits
Earned $100k+
6.9 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings
$1,448top tenth $61,563+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 231 of 1,872 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1,64199 hits
Earned $100k+
6.0 in 1001 in 17
Typical first-year earnings
$1,430
Chance against standard
-13.1%0.9 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-1.2%$18 less
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut (7.1% of the money): 1,871 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1,871129 hits
Earned $100k+
6.9 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings
$1,445
Chance against standard
-0.7%no change
Typical against standard
-0.2%$3 less
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 534 of 1,872.

Launches counted
53441 hits
Earned $100k+
7.7 in 1001 in 13
Typical first-year earnings
$1,594
Chance against standard
+10.6%0.7 more in 100
Typical against standard
+10.1%$146 more
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Visual Novel, 12 to 36 months old: 1,872 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 231 of 1,872 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut (7.1% of the money): 1,871 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 534 of 1,872.

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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