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Niches / 3D Platformer + Action
3D Platformer + Action
Games tagged both 3D Platformer and Action: 651 indie paid launches, 18 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing 3D Platformer + Action priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with 3D Platformer and is about level with Action; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with 3D Platformer and trails Action.
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 Platformer + Action is about level with 3D Platformer and trails Action: 10.8 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 8.9 in 100 for 3D Platformer and 16.7 in 100 for Action.
That is about 0.6 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 83 games tagged both 3D Platformer and Action priced $10 to $20. 10.8 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 7.2 in 100 for 3D Platformer-only games and 17.2 in 100 for Action-only games, so the mix beats 3D Platformer alone and trails Action alone.
Both: 83 games priced $10 to $20; 10.8 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $2,839.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 83 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.
3D Platformer + Action 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 view619 of 651 launches | Without the breakout650 of 651 launches | Last 18 months168 of 651 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 65118 hits | 61917 hits | 65017 hits | 1685 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 | 2.7 in 1001 in 36 | 2.6 in 1001 in 38 | 3.0 in 1001 in 34 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $172top tenth $8,713+ | $172 | $172 | $211 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.7%no change | -5.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | +7.6%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +22.7%$39 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both 3D Platformer and Action, 12 to 36 months old: 651 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 651 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Haste (32.4% of the money): 650 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 168 of 651.
3D 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.
| 3D Platformer | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,492 of 1,583 launches | Without the breakout1,582 of 1,583 launches | Last 18 months442 of 1,583 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,58344 hits | 1,49241 hits | 1,58243 hits | 44213 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 | 2.7 in 1001 in 36 | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 | 2.9 in 1001 in 34 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $191top tenth $8,470+ | $202 | $191 | $192 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.1%no change | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | +5.8%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.8%$11 more | 0.0%no change | +0.5%$1 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged 3D Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 1,583 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 91 of 1,583 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Another Crab's Treasure (14.0% of the money): 1,582 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 442 of 1,583.
Action is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Action | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,656 of 7,896 launches | Without the breakout7,895 of 7,896 launches | Last 18 months2,142 of 7,896 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 7,896372 hits | 7,656355 hits | 7,895371 hits | 2,142113 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 4.6 in 1001 in 22 | 4.7 in 1001 in 21 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $375top tenth $19,635+ | $382 | $375 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | +12.0%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.9%$7 more | 0.0%no change | +2.1%$8 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action, 12 to 36 months old: 7,896 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 240 of 7,896 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (15.4% of the money): 7,895 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,142 of 7,896.
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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