Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
2D + Comedy
Games tagged both 2D and Comedy: 297 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 2D + Comedy priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with 2D and is about level with Comedy; 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.
35 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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35 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 35 games tagged both 2D and Comedy priced $10 to $20. 20.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 13.5 in 100 for 2D-only games and 16.7 in 100 for Comedy-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 35 games priced $10 to $20; 20.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $7,843.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 35 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: 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.
2D + Comedy is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view286 of 297 launches | Without the breakout296 of 297 launches | Last 18 months100 of 297 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 29710 hits | 28610 hits | 2969 hits | 1002 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 30 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 2 of 100too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $313top tenth $16,028+ | $337 | $313 | $286 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.8%0.1 more in 100 | -9.7%0.3 fewer in 100 | -40.6%1.4 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.7%$24 more | 0.0%no change | -8.6%$27 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D and Comedy, 12 to 36 months old: 297 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 11 of 297 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 (90.3% of the money): 296 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 100 of 297.
2D is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| 2D | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,740 of 8,238 launches | Without the breakout8,237 of 8,238 launches | Last 18 months2,299 of 8,238 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8,238239 hits | 7,740217 hits | 8,237238 hits | 2,29974 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.9 in 1001 in 34 | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 | 2.9 in 1001 in 35 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $286top tenth $11,851+ | $303 | $286 | $285 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -3.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.4%no change | +10.9%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.9%$17 more | 0.0%no change | -0.3%$1 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 2D, 12 to 36 months old: 8,238 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 498 of 8,238 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (39.3% of the money): 8,237 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,299 of 8,238.
Comedy 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.
| Comedy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view895 of 935 launches | Without the breakout934 of 935 launches | Last 18 months281 of 935 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 93551 hits | 89549 hits | 93450 hits | 28117 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $761top tenth $30,499+ | $765 | $761 | $689 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.4%no change | -1.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | +10.9%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.5%$4 more | 0.0%no change | -9.5%$72 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Comedy, 12 to 36 months old: 935 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 40 of 935 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, R.E.P.O. (32.2% of the money): 934 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 281 of 935.
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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