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Niches / Action-Adventure + Dungeon Crawler
Action-Adventure + Dungeon Crawler
Games tagged both Action-Adventure and Dungeon Crawler: 210 indie paid launches, 17 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action-Adventure + Dungeon Crawler priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Action-Adventure and is level with Dungeon Crawler; 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.
Action-Adventure + Dungeon Crawler beats both its tags: 28.1 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.2 in 100 for Action-Adventure and 22.3 in 100 for Dungeon Crawler.
That is about 1.5 times the 18.6 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 32 games tagged both Action-Adventure and Dungeon Crawler priced $10 to $20. 28.1 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.4 for Action-Adventure-only games and 21.4 for Dungeon Crawler-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 32 games priced $10 to $20; 28.1 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $6,556.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 32 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 yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Action-Adventure + Dungeon Crawler holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view196 of 210 launches | Without the breakout209 of 210 launches | Last 18 months107 of 210 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 21017 hits | 19616 hits | 20916 hits | 1077 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $304top tenth $21,515+ | $364 | $303 | $261 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 | -4.9%0.4 fewer in 100 | -19.8%1.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +19.7%$60 more | -0.3%$1 less | -14.1%$43 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action-Adventure and Dungeon Crawler, 6 to 30 months old: 210 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 14 of 210 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, KLETKA (15.0% of the money): 209 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 107 of 210.
Action-Adventure holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Action-Adventure | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,443 of 3,592 launches | Without the breakout3,591 of 3,592 launches | Last 18 months1,851 of 3,592 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,592194 hits | 3,443186 hits | 3,591193 hits | 1,85195 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $404top tenth $23,070+ | $405 | $404 | $363 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -5.6%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.2%$1 more | 0.0%no change | -10.1%$41 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action-Adventure, 6 to 30 months old: 3,592 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 149 of 3,592 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, AI LIMIT (7.3% of the money): 3,591 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,851 of 3,592.
Dungeon Crawler holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Dungeon Crawler | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view931 of 989 launches | Without the breakout988 of 989 launches | Last 18 months526 of 989 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 98985 hits | 93181 hits | 98884 hits | 52643 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.7 in 1001 in 11 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $911top tenth $70,674+ | $1,050 | $911 | $809 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -4.7%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +15.3%$139 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$102 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dungeon Crawler, 6 to 30 months old: 989 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 58 of 989 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 (40.2% of the money): 988 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 526 of 989.
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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