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Niches / Realistic + Survival Horror
Realistic + Survival Horror
Games tagged both Realistic and Survival Horror: 124 indie paid launches, 4 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Realistic + Survival Horror priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
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.
12 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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12 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 12 games tagged both Realistic and Survival Horror priced $10 to $20. 0.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 20.9 for Realistic-only games and 22.0 for Survival Horror-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 12 games priced $10 to $20; 0.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $22,095.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 12 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 yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Realistic + Survival Horror holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view122 of 124 launches | Without the breakout123 of 124 launches | Last 18 months71 of 124 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1244 hits | 1224 hits | 1233 hits | 712 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 2.4 in 1001 in 42 | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,274top tenth $28,217+ | $1,215 | $1,215 | $1,133 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.1%0.1 more in 100 | -25.0%0.8 fewer in 100 | -12.5%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -4.6%$59 less | -4.6%$59 less | -11.1%$141 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Realistic and Survival Horror, 6 to 30 months old: 124 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 124 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, A.I.L.A (24.9% of the money): 123 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 71 of 124.
Realistic holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Realistic | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,604 of 1,632 launches | Without the breakout1,631 of 1,632 launches | Last 18 months884 of 1,632 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,632132 hits | 1,604132 hits | 1,631131 hits | 88471 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,131top tenth $53,028+ | $1,133 | $1,113 | $1,052 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.2%$2 more | -1.6%$18 less | -7.0%$79 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Realistic, 6 to 30 months old: 1,632 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 28 of 1,632 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (21.1% of the money): 1,631 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 884 of 1,632.
Survival Horror holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Survival Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,001 of 1,025 launches | Without the breakout1,024 of 1,025 launches | Last 18 months554 of 1,025 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,02576 hits | 1,00175 hits | 1,02475 hits | 55435 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,029top tenth $49,770+ | $1,029 | $1,029 | $1,010 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.4%0.1 more in 100 | -1.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | -14.9%1.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -1.8%$19 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Survival Horror, 6 to 30 months old: 1,025 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 24 of 1,025 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, No More Room in Hell 2 (11.5% of the money): 1,024 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 554 of 1,025.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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