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Niches / Puzzle + Survival Horror
Puzzle + Survival Horror
Games tagged both Puzzle and Survival Horror: 188 indie paid launches, 18 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Puzzle + Survival Horror priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Puzzle and is about level with Survival Horror; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Puzzle and is too small to compare with Survival Horror.
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 + Survival Horror is too small to compare with Puzzle and is too small to compare with Survival Horror: 6 of its 26 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.0 in 100 for Puzzle and 22.6 in 100 for Survival Horror.
Small sample: 26 launches, 6 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 26 games tagged both Puzzle and Survival Horror priced $10 to $20. 6 of 26 of them earned $100k+, against 14.7 in 100 for Puzzle-only games and 22.4 in 100 for Survival Horror-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Puzzle alone and is too small to compare with Survival Horror alone.
Both: 26 games priced $10 to $20; 6 of 26 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 24 of 26 launches · $10k+ 13 of 26 launches · $100k+ 6 of 26 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 26 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 + Survival 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view179 of 188 launches | Without the breakout187 of 188 launches | Last 18 months68 of 188 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 18818 hits | 17918 hits | 18717 hits | 687 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.6 in 1001 in 10 | 10.1 in 100 | 9.1 in 1001 in 11 | 10.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,176top tenth $83,672+ | $1,286 | $1,148 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +5.0%0.5 more in 100 | -5.1%0.5 fewer in 100 | +7.5%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.4%$110 more | -2.4%$28 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Puzzle and Survival Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 188 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 188 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Enigma of Fear (24.2% of the money): 187 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 68 of 188.
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.
Survival 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.
| Survival Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view898 of 928 launches | Without the breakout927 of 928 launches | Last 18 months286 of 928 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 92867 hits | 89866 hits | 92766 hits | 28624 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.1 in 1001 in 14 | 8.4 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $957top tenth $49,835+ | $1,000 | $942 | $1,017 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.8%0.1 more in 100 | -1.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | +16.2%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.5%$43 more | -1.6%$15 less | +6.3%$60 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Survival Horror, 12 to 36 months old: 928 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 30 of 928 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Pacific Drive (12.1% of the money): 927 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 286 of 928.
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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