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Niches / Puzzle + Story Rich
Puzzle + Story Rich
Games tagged both Puzzle and Story Rich: 535 indie paid launches, 57 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Puzzle + Story Rich priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Puzzle and is about level with Story Rich; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with Puzzle and trails Story Rich.
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.
Puzzle + Story Rich is about level with Puzzle and trails Story Rich: 17.8 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.0 in 100 for Puzzle and 21.3 in 100 for Story Rich.
That is about 0.9 times the 20.5 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: 0.4 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 169 games tagged both Puzzle and Story Rich priced $10 to $20. 17.8 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.1 in 100 for Puzzle-only games and 22.5 in 100 for Story Rich-only games, so the mix beats Puzzle alone and trails Story Rich alone.
Both: 169 games priced $10 to $20; 17.8 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $8,499.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 169 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.
Puzzle + Story Rich 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 view503 of 535 launches | Without the breakout534 of 535 launches | Last 18 months174 of 535 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 53557 hits | 50354 hits | 53456 hits | 17417 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.7 in 100 | 10.7 in 100 | 10.5 in 100 | 9.8 in 1001 in 10 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,865top tenth $120,823+ | $1,865 | $1,865 | $2,230 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.8%0.1 more in 100 | -1.6%0.2 fewer in 100 | -8.3%0.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +19.6%$365 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Puzzle and Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 535 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 535 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 (19.6% of the money): 534 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 174 of 535.
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.
| Puzzle | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view5,129 of 5,329 launches | Without the breakout5,328 of 5,329 launches | Last 18 months1,514 of 5,329 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,329188 hits | 5,129177 hits | 5,328187 hits | 1,51458 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 | 3.8 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $417top tenth $14,053+ | $429 | $417 | $454 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +8.6%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.9%$12 more | 0.0%no change | +8.9%$37 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle, 12 to 36 months old: 5,329 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 5,329 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): 5,328 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,514 of 5,329.
Story Rich is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Story Rich | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,304 of 2,537 launches | Without the breakout2,536 of 2,537 launches | Last 18 months747 of 2,537 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,537298 hits | 2,304256 hits | 2,536297 hits | 74784 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.7 in 100 | 11.1 in 100 | 11.7 in 100 | 11.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,080top tenth $130,829+ | $2,080 | $2,080 | $2,340 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.4%0.6 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | -4.3%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +12.5%$260 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Story Rich, 12 to 36 months old: 2,537 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 233 of 2,537 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (15.6% of the money): 2,536 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 747 of 2,537.
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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