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Niches / Psychological Horror + Puzzle
Psychological Horror + Puzzle
Games tagged both Psychological Horror and Puzzle: 553 indie paid launches, 28 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Psychological Horror + Puzzle priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Psychological Horror and is about level with Puzzle; priced $10 to $20 it beats both 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.
Psychological Horror + Puzzle beats both its tags: 24.5 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 21.5 in 100 for Psychological Horror and 12.4 in 100 for Puzzle.
That is about 1.4 times the 17.6 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 53 games tagged both Psychological Horror and Puzzle priced $10 to $20. 24.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 20.4 in 100 for Psychological Horror-only games and 11.4 in 100 for Puzzle-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 53 games priced $10 to $20; 24.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $20,301.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 53 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 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.
Psychological Horror + Puzzle 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 view516 of 553 launches | Without the breakout552 of 553 launches | Last 18 months147 of 553 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 55328 hits | 51626 hits | 55227 hits | 1478 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 5.4 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $934top tenth $26,512+ | $945 | $934 | $918 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.5%no change | -3.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | +7.5%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.2%$11 more | 0.0%no change | -1.7%$16 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Psychological Horror and Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 553 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 37 of 553 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Eclipsium (8.0% of the money): 552 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 147 of 553.
Psychological Horror 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.
| Psychological Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,001 of 2,109 launches | Without the breakout2,108 of 2,109 launches | Last 18 months575 of 2,109 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,109117 hits | 2,001110 hits | 2,108116 hits | 57526 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,246top tenth $32,125+ | $1,261 | $1,246 | $1,144 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.8%no change | -18.5%1.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.2%$15 more | 0.0%no change | -8.2%$102 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Psychological Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 2,109 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 108 of 2,109 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Lethal Company (39.3% of the money): 2,108 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 575 of 2,109.
Puzzle is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,057 of 5,257 launches | Without the breakout5,256 of 5,257 launches | Last 18 months1,499 of 5,257 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,257163 hits | 5,057152 hits | 5,256162 hits | 1,49953 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $405top tenth $12,506+ | $421 | $405 | $402 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -3.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.6%no change | +14.0%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.0%$16 more | 0.0%no change | -0.7%$3 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 5,257 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 200 of 5,257 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Blue Prince (7.2% of the money): 5,256 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,499 of 5,257.
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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