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Niches / Action Roguelike + Arena Shooter
Action Roguelike + Arena Shooter
Games tagged both Action Roguelike and Arena Shooter: 163 indie paid launches, 6 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action Roguelike + Arena Shooter priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Action Roguelike and beats Arena Shooter; 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 Roguelike + Arena Shooter beats both its tags: 3 of its 10 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 26.9 in 100 for Action Roguelike and 12.0 in 100 for Arena Shooter.
Small sample: 10 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: 0.5 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 10 games tagged both Action Roguelike and Arena Shooter priced $10 to $20. 30.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 26.7 for Action Roguelike-only games and 7.5 for Arena Shooter-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 10 games priced $10 to $20; 30.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $49,294.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 10 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
Open free previewFree until launch: one click opens the card.
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 Roguelike + Arena Shooter is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view163 of 163 launches | Without the breakout162 of 163 launches | Last 18 months88 of 163 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1636 hits | 1636 hits | 1625 hits | 884 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $666top tenth $28,962+ | $666 | $666 | $425 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -16.2%0.6 fewer in 100 | +21.6%0.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -36.2%$241 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action Roguelike and Arena Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 163 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 163 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Bloodshed (17.1% of the money): 162 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 88 of 163.
Action Roguelike holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Action Roguelike | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,862 of 1,947 launches | Without the breakout1,946 of 1,947 launches | Last 18 months1,082 of 1,947 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,947119 hits | 1,862110 hits | 1,946118 hits | 1,08257 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $645top tenth $41,876+ | $666 | $645 | $534 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -13.1%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +3.3%$21 more | 0.0%no change | -17.2%$111 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action Roguelike, 6 to 30 months old: 1,947 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 85 of 1,947 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (33.9% of the money): 1,946 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,082 of 1,947.
Arena Shooter holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Arena Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view540 of 543 launches | Without the breakout542 of 543 launches | Last 18 months284 of 543 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 54311 hits | 54011 hits | 54210 hits | 2845 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.0 in 1001 in 50 | 2.0 in 1001 in 50 | 1.8 in 1001 in 56 | 1.8 in 1001 in 56 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $252top tenth $9,103+ | $282 | $252 | $242 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -10.0%0.2 fewer in 100 | -10.0%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.9%$30 more | 0.0%no change | -4.0%$10 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Arena Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 543 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 543 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Echo Point Nova (34.4% of the money): 542 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 284 of 543.
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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