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Niches / Action-Adventure + Shooter
Action-Adventure + Shooter
Games tagged both Action-Adventure and Shooter: 459 indie paid launches, 27 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action-Adventure + Shooter priced $10 to $20, without the breakout. Lens figures exist at all prices only, so inside a price band the page shows the standard figures. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is level with Action-Adventure and is level with Shooter; priced $10 to $20 it is level with Action-Adventure and trails Shooter.
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 + Shooter is level with Action-Adventure and trails Shooter: 15.4 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.2 in 100 for Action-Adventure and 19.5 in 100 for Shooter.
That is about 0.8 times the 18.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this band uses the standard figures.
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 78 games tagged both Action-Adventure and Shooter priced $10 to $20. 15.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.2 for Action-Adventure-only games and 20.6 for Shooter-only games, so the mix is level with Action-Adventure alone and trails Shooter alone.
Both: 78 games priced $10 to $20; 15.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $3,946.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 78 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. The without the breakout lens is not computed for the outer parts, so this diagram uses the standard figures.
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 + Shooter 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 view441 of 459 launches | Without the breakout458 of 459 launches | Last 18 months228 of 459 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 45927 hits | 44127 hits | 45826 hits | 22811 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $404top tenth $17,481+ | $404 | $404 | $304 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.4%0.2 more in 100 | -3.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | -18.6%1.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -24.8%$100 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action-Adventure and Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 459 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 459 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, VLADiK BRUTAL (11.1% of the money): 458 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 228 of 459.
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.
Shooter holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,534 of 2,618 launches | Without the breakout2,617 of 2,618 launches | Last 18 months1,346 of 2,618 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,618155 hits | 2,534149 hits | 2,617154 hits | 1,34675 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $363top tenth $20,964+ | $403 | $363 | $324 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -5.1%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.0%$40 more | 0.0%no change | -10.7%$39 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 2,618 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 84 of 2,618 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (19.2% of the money): 2,617 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,346 of 2,618.
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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