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Niches / Multiplayer + Realistic
Multiplayer + Realistic
Games tagged both Multiplayer and Realistic: 85 indie paid launches, 24 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Multiplayer + Realistic 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 Multiplayer and is too small to compare with Realistic.
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.
Multiplayer + Realistic is too small to compare with Multiplayer and is too small to compare with Realistic: 9 of its 17 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 31.1 in 100 for Multiplayer and 21.2 in 100 for Realistic.
Small sample: 17 launches, 9 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 17 games tagged both Multiplayer and Realistic priced $10 to $20. 9 of 17 of them earned $100k+, against 29.6 in 100 for Multiplayer-only games and 18.9 in 100 for Realistic-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Multiplayer alone and is too small to compare with Realistic alone.
Both: 17 games priced $10 to $20; 9 of 17 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 15 of 17 launches · $10k+ 11 of 17 launches · $100k+ 9 of 17 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 17 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.
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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.
Multiplayer + Realistic 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 view84 of 85 launches | Without the breakout84 of 85 launches | Last 18 months20 of 85 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8524 hits | 8424 hits | 8423 hits | 207 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 28.2 in 100 | 28.6 in 100 | 27.4 in 100 | 7 of 20too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 41 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 67 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.2%0.3 more in 100 | -3.0%0.9 fewer in 100 | +24.0%6.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Multiplayer and Realistic, 12 to 36 months old: 85 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 85 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Bodycam (31.4% of the money): 84 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 20 of 85.
Multiplayer 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.
| Multiplayer | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,285 of 1,326 launches | Without the breakout1,325 of 1,326 launches | Last 18 months382 of 1,326 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,326204 hits | 1,285195 hits | 1,325203 hits | 38264 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.4 in 100 | 15.2 in 100 | 15.3 in 100 | 16.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,243top tenth $335,136+ | $1,264 | $1,237 | $1,414 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | -0.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | +8.9%1.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.7%$21 more | -0.5%$6 less | +13.8%$171 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Multiplayer, 12 to 36 months old: 1,326 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 41 of 1,326 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 (21.5% of the money): 1,325 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 382 of 1,326.
Realistic 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.
| Realistic | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,488 of 1,520 launches | Without the breakout1,519 of 1,520 launches | Last 18 months431 of 1,520 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,520112 hits | 1,488112 hits | 1,519111 hits | 43134 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.9 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $975top tenth $57,388+ | $981 | $975 | $1,029 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.2%0.2 more in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | +7.1%0.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.6%$6 more | 0.0%no change | +5.5%$54 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Realistic, 12 to 36 months old: 1,520 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 1,520 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (25.2% of the money): 1,519 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 431 of 1,520.
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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