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Niches / Retro + Side Scroller
Retro + Side Scroller
Games tagged both Retro and Side Scroller: 88 indie paid launches, 6 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Retro + Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it trails Retro and beats Side Scroller.
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.
Retro + Side Scroller trails Retro and beats Side Scroller: 2 of its 11 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 19.3 in 100 for Retro and 12.8 in 100 for Side Scroller.
Small sample: 11 launches, 2 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: 0.5 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 11 games tagged both Retro and Side Scroller priced $10 to $20. 18.2 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.4 for Retro-only games and 12.3 for Side Scroller-only games, so the mix trails Retro alone and beats Side Scroller alone.
Both: 11 games priced $10 to $20; 18.2 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $4,857.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 11 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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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.
Retro + Side Scroller is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view88 of 88 launches | Without the breakout87 of 88 launches | Last 18 months43 of 88 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 886 hits | 886 hits | 875 hits | 434 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 9.3 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $606top tenth $50,600+ | $606 | $606 | $364 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -16.2%1.1 fewer in 100 | +36.8%2.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -39.9%$242 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Retro and Side Scroller, 6 to 30 months old: 88 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 88 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, MARVEL Cosmic Invasion (31.8% of the money): 87 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 43 of 88.
Retro holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Retro | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,418 of 1,454 launches | Without the breakout1,453 of 1,454 launches | Last 18 months793 of 1,454 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,45472 hits | 1,41871 hits | 1,45371 hits | 79332 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $607top tenth $28,146+ | $607 | $607 | $566 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -20.0%1.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.8%$41 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Retro, 6 to 30 months old: 1,454 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 36 of 1,454 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mouthwashing (18.2% of the money): 1,453 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 793 of 1,454.
Side Scroller holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Side Scroller | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,105 of 1,126 launches | Without the breakout1,125 of 1,126 launches | Last 18 months592 of 1,126 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,12638 hits | 1,10538 hits | 1,12537 hits | 59222 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $401top tenth $18,826+ | $385 | $385 | $303 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | +8.8%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -4.0%$16 less | -4.0%$16 less | -24.4%$98 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Side Scroller, 6 to 30 months old: 1,126 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 21 of 1,126 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Absolum (17.8% of the money): 1,125 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 592 of 1,126.
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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