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Niches / Roguelike + Shoot 'Em Up
Roguelike + Shoot 'Em Up
Games tagged both Roguelike and Shoot 'Em Up: 141 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Roguelike + Shoot 'Em Up priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Roguelike and is about level with Shoot 'Em Up; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Roguelike and is too small to compare with Shoot 'Em Up.
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.
Roguelike + Shoot 'Em Up is too small to compare with Roguelike and is too small to compare with Shoot 'Em Up: 3 of its 15 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 26.9 in 100 for Roguelike and 15.7 in 100 for Shoot 'Em Up.
Small sample: 15 launches, 3 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 15 games tagged both Roguelike and Shoot 'Em Up priced $10 to $20. 3 of 15 of them earned $100k+, against 27.2 in 100 for Roguelike-only games and 14.9 in 100 for Shoot 'Em Up-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Roguelike alone and is too small to compare with Shoot 'Em Up alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 15 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 15 of 15 launches · $10k+ 6 of 15 launches · $100k+ 3 of 15 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.
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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.
Roguelike + Shoot 'Em Up is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view135 of 141 launches | Without the breakout140 of 141 launches | Last 18 months39 of 141 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1415 hits | 1353 hits | 1404 hits | 391 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 28 | 3 of 135too few for a rate | 4 of 140too few for a rate | 1 of 39too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $834top tenth $25,883+ | $797 | $834 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -37.3%1.3 fewer in 100; too few to tell | -19.4%0.7 fewer in 100 | -27.7%1.0 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | -4.4%$37 less | 0.0%no change | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Roguelike and Shoot 'Em Up, 12 to 36 months old: 141 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 6 of 141 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BALL x PIT (79.6% of the money): 140 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 39 of 141.
Roguelike 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.
| Roguelike | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,002 of 2,152 launches | Without the breakout2,151 of 2,152 launches | Last 18 months675 of 2,152 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,152178 hits | 2,002164 hits | 2,151177 hits | 67558 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.3 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,017top tenth $71,528+ | $1,091 | $1,012 | $909 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +3.9%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.3%$74 more | -0.5%$5 less | -10.6%$108 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Roguelike, 12 to 36 months old: 2,152 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 150 of 2,152 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (16.0% of the money): 2,151 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 675 of 2,152.
Shoot 'Em Up is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.
| Shoot 'Em Up | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view876 of 900 launches | Without the breakout899 of 900 launches | Last 18 months237 of 900 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 90024 hits | 87620 hits | 89923 hits | 2377 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 38 | 2.3 in 1001 in 44 | 2.6 in 1001 in 39 | 3.0 in 1001 in 34 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $268top tenth $12,365+ | $268 | $268 | $182 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -14.4%0.4 fewer in 100 | -4.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | +10.8%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -32.1%$86 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shoot 'Em Up, 12 to 36 months old: 900 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 24 of 900 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BALL x PIT (46.7% of the money): 899 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 237 of 900.
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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