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Niches / Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic

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Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic

Games tagged both Pixel Graphics and Post-apocalyptic: 52 indie paid launches, 2 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 Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic priced under $5, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics and is too small to compare with Post-apocalyptic; 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

29 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

Pick another price band, or lower the minimum sample.

TIEA tie
Tag onemood tagPixel Graphics
0.8in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds1 in 133
Typical earnings$145
Launches2,126 / 16 hits
Pairno reading
--No reading
This pairPixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic
--too few
to read
Odds--
Typical earnings--
Launches29

29 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

TIEA tie
Tag twoPost-apocalyptic
0 of 211launches earned
$100k+ small
Odds0 of 211 launches
Typical earnings$189
Launches211 / 0 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 $5Pixel Graphics is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

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 prices52 in pairUnder $529 in pair$5 to $1012 in pair$10 to $209: too few$20 to $402: too few
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 29 games tagged both Pixel Graphics and Post-apocalyptic priced under $5. 0 of 29 of them earned $100k+, against 0.8 in 100 for Pixel Graphics-only games and 0 of 182 for Post-apocalyptic-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics alone and is too small to compare with Post-apocalyptic alone.

Both: 29 games priced under $5; 0 of 29 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 5 of 29 launches · $10k+ 0 of 29 launches · $100k+ 0 of 29 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 29 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

Doloc Townleads this pair55.0%
PairDoloc Town55.0%
Pixel GraphicsDELTARUNE23.6%
Post-apocalypticThe Forever Winter18.2%
CheckOne game over half?yes
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic

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

  • Doloc Town earned 55.0% of the estimated first-year money of the 52 Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic launches.
  • Pixel Graphics is led by DELTARUNE, with 23.6% of its money.
  • Post-apocalyptic is led by The Forever Winter, with 18.2% of its money.
  • One game holds over half of this pair's money: read every figure here as that game's story.

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

Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money.

Pixel Graphics + Post-apocalyptic through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view50 of 52 launchesWithout the breakout51 of 52 launchesLast 18 months17 of 52 launches
Launches counted522 hits501 hits511 hits172 hits
Earned $100k+2 of 52too few for a rate1 of 50too few for a rate1 of 51too few for a rate2 of 17too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+19 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 46 in 100under 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Chance against standardthe base-48.0%1.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell-49.0%1.9 fewer in 100+205.9%7.9 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standardthe baseunder 100 launchesunder 100 launchesunder 100 launches
Does it hold?The base viewToo few to tellMoves the answerToo few to tell
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Pixel Graphics and Post-apocalyptic, 12 to 36 months old: 52 launches.

Launches counted
522 hits
Earned $100k+
2 of 52too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
19 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 46 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 52 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
501 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 50too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-48.0%1.8 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Without the breakoutMoves the answer

Drops the single biggest earner, Doloc Town (55.0% of the money): 51 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
511 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 51too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
-49.0%1.9 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 17 of 52.

Launches counted
172 hits
Earned $100k+
2 of 17too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+
under 100 launches
Chance against standard
+205.9%7.9 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
under 100 launches
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both Pixel Graphics and Post-apocalyptic, 12 to 36 months old: 52 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 52 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, Doloc Town (55.0% of the money): 51 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: 17 of 52.

Pixel Graphics is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.

Pixel Graphics through every lens, all prices
Pixel GraphicsBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view3,492 of 3,686 launchesWithout the breakout3,685 of 3,686 launchesLast 18 months1,072 of 3,686 launches
Launches counted3,686206 hits3,492187 hits3,685205 hits1,07271 hits
Earned $100k+5.6 in 1001 in 185.4 in 1001 in 195.6 in 1001 in 186.6 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings$449top tenth $31,794+$476$449$383
Chance against standardthe base-4.2%0.2 fewer in 100-0.5%no change+18.5%1.0 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+6.0%$27 more0.0%no change-14.7%$66 less
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsMoves the answer
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 3,686 launches.

Launches counted
3,686206 hits
Earned $100k+
5.6 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings
$449top tenth $31,794+
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: 194 of 3,686 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
3,492187 hits
Earned $100k+
5.4 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings
$476
Chance against standard
-4.2%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+6.0%$27 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (23.6% of the money): 3,685 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
3,685205 hits
Earned $100k+
5.6 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings
$449
Chance against standard
-0.5%no change
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,072 of 3,686.

Launches counted
1,07271 hits
Earned $100k+
6.6 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings
$383
Chance against standard
+18.5%1.0 more in 100
Typical against standard
-14.7%$66 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 3,686 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: 194 of 3,686 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, DELTARUNE (23.6% of the money): 3,685 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: 1,072 of 3,686.

Post-apocalyptic 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.

Post-apocalyptic through every lens, all prices
Post-apocalypticBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view451 of 473 launchesWithout the breakout472 of 473 launchesLast 18 months136 of 473 launches
Launches counted47353 hits45150 hits47252 hits13615 hits
Earned $100k+11.2 in 10011.1 in 10011.0 in 10011.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings$953top tenth $125,515+$1,023$953$758
Chance against standardthe base-1.1%0.1 fewer in 100-1.7%0.2 fewer in 100-1.6%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standardthe base+7.3%$70 more0.0%no change-20.5%$195 less
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Post-apocalyptic, 12 to 36 months old: 473 launches.

Launches counted
47353 hits
Earned $100k+
11.2 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$953top tenth $125,515+
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: 22 of 473 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
45150 hits
Earned $100k+
11.1 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$1,023
Chance against standard
-1.1%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+7.3%$70 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, The Forever Winter (18.2% of the money): 472 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
47252 hits
Earned $100k+
11.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$953
Chance against standard
-1.7%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 136 of 473.

Launches counted
13615 hits
Earned $100k+
11.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings
$758
Chance against standard
-1.6%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
-20.5%$195 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged Post-apocalyptic, 12 to 36 months old: 473 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: 22 of 473 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, The Forever Winter (18.2% of the money): 472 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: 136 of 473.

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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