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Niches / 2D + First-Person

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2D + First-Person

Games tagged both 2D and First-Person: 136 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

  • A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
  • Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
  • From 26,280 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Showing 2D + First-Person priced $5 to $10.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?$5 to $10

2D + First-Person is too small to compare with 2D and is too small to compare with First-Person: 1 of its 78 launches earned $100k+ priced $5 to $10, against 1.9 in 100 for 2D and 4.7 in 100 for First-Person.

Small sample: 78 launches, 1 hits.

TIEA tie
Tag onemood tag2D
1.9in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds1 in 51
Typical earnings$768
Launches2,058 / 40 hits
Pair against ittoo few hits to compare
TIEA tie
This pair2D + First-Person
1 of 78launches earned
$100k+ small
Odds1 of 78 launches
Typical earnings$861
Launches78 / 1 hits
Expected3.4 in 100
TIEA tie
Tag twomood tagFirst-Person
4.7in 100 earned
$100k+
Odds1 in 21
Typical earnings$1,417
Launches1,045 / 49 hits
Pair against ittoo few hits to compare
All indie launches $5 to $10: 3.4 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 30), typical $1,106, from 6,975 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at $5 to $102D is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page
All prices136 in pairUnder $548 in pair$5 to $1078 in pair$10 to $209: too few$20 to $401: too few
What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 78 games tagged both 2D and First-Person priced $5 to $10. 1 of 78 of them earned $100k+, against 2.0 in 100 for 2D-only games and 5.0 in 100 for First-Person-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with 2D alone and is too small to compare with First-Person alone.

Both: 78 games priced $5 to $10; 1 of 78 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $861.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 78 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3leads this pair22.5%
PairTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 322.5%
2DHollow Knight: Silksong39.3%
First-PersonSchedule I16.5%
CheckOne game over half?no
NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 2 of 3, 1 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads 2D + First-Person

What this card holds

  • Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
  • One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
  • Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready
Same price banddata ready
Launched within a year of each otherplanned
Earned $100k+planned
The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 earned 22.5% of the estimated first-year money of the 136 2D + First-Person launches.
  • 2D is led by Hollow Knight: Silksong, with 39.3% of its money.
  • First-Person is led by Schedule I, with 16.5% of its money.
  • No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

2D + First-Person holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

2D + First-Person through every lens, all prices
This pairBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view122 of 136 launchesWithout the breakout135 of 136 launchesLast 18 months31 of 136 launches
Launches counted1361 hits1221 hits1350 hits311 hits
Earned $100k+1 of 136too few for a rate1 of 122too few for a rate0 of 135too few for a rate1 of 31too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings$689top tenth $6,148+$759$689$689
Chance against standardthe base+11.5%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell-100.0%0.7 fewer in 100+338.7%2.5 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standardthe base+10.2%$70 more0.0%no change0.0%no change; too few to tell
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsToo few to tell
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D and First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 136 launches.

Launches counted
1361 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 136too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings
$689top tenth $6,148+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 14 of 136 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
1221 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 122too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings
$759
Chance against standard
+11.5%0.1 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
+10.2%$70 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 (22.5% of the money): 135 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
1350 hits
Earned $100k+
0 of 135too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings
$689
Chance against standard
-100.0%0.7 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 31 of 136.

Launches counted
311 hits
Earned $100k+
1 of 31too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings
$689
Chance against standard
+338.7%2.5 more in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard
0.0%no change; too few to tell
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D and First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 136 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 14 of 136 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 (22.5% of the money): 135 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 31 of 136.

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 through every lens, all prices
2DBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view7,740 of 8,238 launchesWithout the breakout8,237 of 8,238 launchesLast 18 months2,299 of 8,238 launches
Launches counted8,238239 hits7,740217 hits8,237238 hits2,29974 hits
Earned $100k+2.9 in 1001 in 342.8 in 1001 in 362.9 in 1001 in 353.2 in 1001 in 31
Typical first-year earnings$286top tenth $11,851+$303$286$285
Chance against standardthe base-3.4%0.1 fewer in 100-0.4%no change+10.9%0.3 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+5.9%$17 more0.0%no change-0.3%$1 less
Does it hold?The base viewMoves the answerHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged 2D, 12 to 36 months old: 8,238 launches.

Launches counted
8,238239 hits
Earned $100k+
2.9 in 1001 in 34
Typical first-year earnings
$286top tenth $11,851+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewMoves the answer

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.

Launches counted
7,740217 hits
Earned $100k+
2.8 in 1001 in 36
Typical first-year earnings
$303
Chance against standard
-3.4%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard
+5.9%$17 more
Without the breakoutHolds

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.

Launches counted
8,237238 hits
Earned $100k+
2.9 in 1001 in 35
Typical first-year earnings
$286
Chance against standard
-0.4%no change
Typical against standard
0.0%no change
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,299 of 8,238.

Launches counted
2,29974 hits
Earned $100k+
3.2 in 1001 in 31
Typical first-year earnings
$285
Chance against standard
+10.9%0.3 more in 100
Typical against standard
-0.3%$1 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged 2D, 12 to 36 months old: 8,238 launches.
West-facing view
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.
Without the breakout
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.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,299 of 8,238.

First-Person 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.

First-Person through every lens, all prices
First-PersonBaseStandardevery launchWest-facing view3,579 of 3,710 launchesWithout the breakout3,709 of 3,710 launchesLast 18 months1,094 of 3,710 launches
Launches counted3,710239 hits3,579231 hits3,709238 hits1,09475 hits
Earned $100k+6.4 in 1001 in 166.5 in 1001 in 156.4 in 1001 in 166.9 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings$801top tenth $37,317+$802$798$766
Chance against standardthe base+0.2%no change-0.4%no change+6.4%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standardthe base+0.1%$1 more-0.4%$3 less-4.4%$35 less
Does it hold?The base viewHoldsHoldsHolds
BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 3,710 launches.

Launches counted
3,710239 hits
Earned $100k+
6.4 in 1001 in 16
Typical first-year earnings
$801top tenth $37,317+
Chance against standard
the base
Typical against standard
the base
West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 131 of 3,710 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted
3,579231 hits
Earned $100k+
6.5 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings
$802
Chance against standard
+0.2%no change
Typical against standard
+0.1%$1 more
Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (16.5% of the money): 3,709 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted
3,709238 hits
Earned $100k+
6.4 in 1001 in 16
Typical first-year earnings
$798
Chance against standard
-0.4%no change
Typical against standard
-0.4%$3 less
Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,094 of 3,710.

Launches counted
1,09475 hits
Earned $100k+
6.9 in 1001 in 15
Typical first-year earnings
$766
Chance against standard
+6.4%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard
-4.4%$35 less
Standard
Every indie paid launch tagged First-Person, 12 to 36 months old: 3,710 launches.
West-facing view
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 131 of 3,710 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (16.5% of the money): 3,709 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,094 of 3,710.

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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