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Lens checkOne-hit market +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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Niches / 3D + Precision Platformer
3D + Precision Platformer
Games tagged both 3D and Precision Platformer: 197 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 3D + Precision Platformer priced $10 to $20.
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.
3D + Precision Platformer trails both its tags: 0 of its 13 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.3 in 100 for 3D and 12.5 in 100 for Precision Platformer.
Small sample: 13 launches, 0 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 13 games tagged both 3D and Precision Platformer priced $10 to $20. 0.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.6 for 3D-only games and 14.7 for Precision Platformer-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 13 games priced $10 to $20; 0.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $1,518.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 13 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 +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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.
3D + Precision Platformer is one-hit market +1: Without the breakout moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view194 of 197 launches | Without the breakout196 of 197 launches | Last 18 months111 of 197 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1971 hits | 1941 hits | 1960 hits | 1111 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 0.5 in 1001 in 200 | 0.5 in 1001 in 200 | 0.0 in 100 | 0.9 in 1001 in 111 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $242top tenth $2,930+ | $242 | $242 | $202 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -100.0%0.5 fewer in 100 | +80.0%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -16.5%$40 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 3D and Precision Platformer, 6 to 30 months old: 197 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 197 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Super Meat Boy 3D (58.3% of the money): 196 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 111 of 197.
3D holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| 3D | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view6,601 of 6,819 launches | Without the breakout6,818 of 6,819 launches | Last 18 months3,701 of 6,819 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6,819286 hits | 6,601279 hits | 6,818285 hits | 3,701152 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $404top tenth $16,029+ | $405 | $404 | $404 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -2.4%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.2%$1 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 3D, 6 to 30 months old: 6,819 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 218 of 6,819 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. (17.8% of the money): 6,818 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 3,701 of 6,819.
Precision Platformer holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Precision Platformer | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view935 of 948 launches | Without the breakout947 of 948 launches | Last 18 months513 of 948 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 94816 hits | 93514 hits | 94715 hits | 5137 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.7 in 1001 in 59 | 1.5 in 1001 in 67 | 1.6 in 1001 in 63 | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $6,678+ | $303 | $303 | $242 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -11.8%0.2 fewer in 100 | -5.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -17.6%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -20.1%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Precision Platformer, 6 to 30 months old: 948 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 13 of 948 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, White Knuckle (36.9% of the money): 947 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 513 of 948.
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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