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Niches / Multiplayer + Stealth
Multiplayer + Stealth
Games tagged both Multiplayer and Stealth: 41 indie paid launches, 7 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Multiplayer + Stealth priced under $5. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Multiplayer and beats Stealth; priced under $5 it is too small to compare with Multiplayer and is too small to compare with Stealth.
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 + Stealth is too small to compare with Multiplayer and is too small to compare with Stealth: 0 of its 20 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 0.9 in 100 for Multiplayer and 0 of 180 launches for Stealth.
Small sample: 20 launches, 0 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 20 games tagged both Multiplayer and Stealth priced under $5. 0 of 20 of them earned $100k+, against 0.9 in 100 for Multiplayer-only games and 0 of 160 for Stealth-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Multiplayer alone and is too small to compare with Stealth alone.
Both: 20 games priced under $5; 0 of 20 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 3 of 20 launches · $10k+ 0 of 20 launches · $100k+ 0 of 20 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 20 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: too few to tell.
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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 + Stealth is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view41 of 41 launches | Without the breakout40 of 41 launches | Last 18 months10 of 41 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 417 hits | 417 hits | 406 hits | 102 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.1 in 100 | 17.1 in 100 | 15.0 in 100 | 2 of 10too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 24 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 54 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | -12.1%2.1 fewer in 100 | +17.1%2.9 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Multiplayer and Stealth, 12 to 36 months old: 41 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 41 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. (89.4% of the money): 40 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 10 of 41.
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.
Stealth is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| Stealth | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view364 of 371 launches | Without the breakout370 of 371 launches | Last 18 months124 of 371 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 37139 hits | 36438 hits | 37038 hits | 12410 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.5 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 10.3 in 100 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $762top tenth $124,412+ | $766 | $762 | $643 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | -23.3%2.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.5%$4 more | 0.0%no change | -15.6%$119 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Stealth, 12 to 36 months old: 371 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 7 of 371 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. (67.4% of the money): 370 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 124 of 371.
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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