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.
Action + Cinematic
Games tagged both Action and Cinematic: 140 indie paid launches, 9 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action + Cinematic priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Action and trails Cinematic; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Action and is too small to compare with Cinematic.
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.
Action + Cinematic is too small to compare with Action and is too small to compare with Cinematic: 3 of its 17 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 18.9 in 100 for Action and 30.0 in 100 for Cinematic.
Small sample: 17 launches, 3 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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 17 games tagged both Action and Cinematic priced $10 to $20. 3 of 17 of them earned $100k+, against 19.0 in 100 for Action-only games and 32.9 in 100 for Cinematic-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Action alone and is too small to compare with Cinematic alone.
Both: 17 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 17 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 12 of 17 launches · $10k+ 10 of 17 launches · $100k+ 3 of 17 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 17 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.
Action + Cinematic 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 view139 of 140 launches | Without the breakout139 of 140 launches | Last 18 months44 of 140 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1409 hits | 1399 hits | 1398 hits | 445 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.4 in 1001 in 16 | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 11.4 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $632top tenth $29,440+ | $600 | $600 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.7%no change | -10.5%0.7 fewer in 100 | +76.8%4.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -5.1%$32 less | -5.1%$32 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action and Cinematic, 12 to 36 months old: 140 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 140 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, MindsEye (39.4% of the money): 139 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 44 of 140.
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.
| Action | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view7,762 of 8,002 launches | Without the breakout8,001 of 8,002 launches | Last 18 months2,181 of 8,002 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8,002415 hits | 7,762398 hits | 8,001414 hits | 2,181126 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $378top tenth $23,253+ | $383 | $378 | $386 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.2%no change | +11.4%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.3%$5 more | 0.0%no change | +2.1%$8 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action, 12 to 36 months old: 8,002 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 8,002 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 (15.3% of the money): 8,001 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,181 of 8,002.
Cinematic is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.
| Cinematic | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view452 of 489 launches | Without the breakout488 of 489 launches | Last 18 months144 of 489 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 48963 hits | 45252 hits | 48862 hits | 14425 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.9 in 100 | 11.5 in 100 | 12.7 in 100 | 17.4 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,363top tenth $162,155+ | $1,163 | $1,363 | $1,372 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -10.7%1.4 fewer in 100 | -1.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | +34.8%4.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -14.7%$200 less | 0.0%no change | +0.7%$9 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cinematic, 12 to 36 months old: 489 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 37 of 489 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Casting of Frank Stone™ (9.2% of the money): 488 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 144 of 489.
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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