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Niches / 2D Platformer + Arcade
2D Platformer + Arcade
Games tagged both 2D Platformer and Arcade: 501 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 2D Platformer + Arcade priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with 2D Platformer and is about level with Arcade; priced $10 to $20 it beats both 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.
2D Platformer + Arcade beats both its tags: 17.6 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.5 in 100 for 2D Platformer and 10.4 in 100 for Arcade.
That is about 1.0 times the 17.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.
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 34 games tagged both 2D Platformer and Arcade priced $10 to $20. 17.6 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.1 in 100 for 2D Platformer-only games and 9.6 in 100 for Arcade-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 34 games priced $10 to $20; 17.6 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $6,320.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 34 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 base the others are compared with. 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
2D Platformer + Arcade 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view495 of 501 launches | Without the breakout500 of 501 launches | Last 18 months109 of 501 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 50110 hits | 49510 hits | 5009 hits | 1093 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.0 in 1001 in 50 | 2.0 in 1001 in 49 | 1.8 in 1001 in 56 | 3 of 109too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $188top tenth $4,345+ | $188 | $188 | $229 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.2%no change | -9.8%0.2 fewer in 100 | +37.9%0.8 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +21.8%$41 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D Platformer and Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 501 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 501 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Laika: Aged Through Blood (28.1% of the money): 500 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 109 of 501.
2D Platformer 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.
| 2D Platformer | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,294 of 2,530 launches | Without the breakout2,529 of 2,530 launches | Last 18 months681 of 2,530 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,53078 hits | 2,29470 hits | 2,52977 hits | 68125 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 3.1 in 1001 in 33 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $191top tenth $9,404+ | $202 | $191 | $191 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.0%no change | -1.2%no change | +19.1%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.8%$11 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 2D Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 2,530 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 236 of 2,530 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Neva (6.7% of the money): 2,529 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 681 of 2,530.
Arcade is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Arcade | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,558 of 3,582 launches | Without the breakout3,581 of 3,582 launches | Last 18 months1,003 of 3,582 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,58281 hits | 3,55880 hits | 3,58180 hits | 1,00330 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.3 in 1001 in 44 | 2.2 in 1001 in 44 | 2.2 in 1001 in 45 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $229top tenth $7,485+ | $230 | $229 | $229 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.6%no change | -1.2%no change | +32.3%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.4%$1 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Arcade, 12 to 36 months old: 3,582 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 3,582 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, REMATCH (32.2% of the money): 3,581 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,003 of 3,582.
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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