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Niches / Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell
Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell
Games tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Hell: 709 indie paid launches, 36 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Action Roguelike and beats Bullet Hell; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
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.
62 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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62 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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 62 games tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Hell priced $10 to $20. 27.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 26.7 for Action Roguelike-only games and 9.0 for Bullet Hell-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 62 games priced $10 to $20; 27.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $13,356.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 62 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 Roguelike + Bullet Hell 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 view690 of 709 launches | Without the breakout708 of 709 launches | Last 18 months390 of 709 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 70936 hits | 69034 hits | 70835 hits | 39018 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 4.6 in 1001 in 22 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $908top tenth $36,566+ | $908 | $908 | $809 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -3.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -9.8%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -10.9%$99 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action Roguelike and Bullet Hell, 6 to 30 months old: 709 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 19 of 709 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (40.2% of the money): 708 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 390 of 709.
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.
Bullet Hell holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Bullet Hell | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,438 of 1,496 launches | Without the breakout1,495 of 1,496 launches | Last 18 months814 of 1,496 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,49651 hits | 1,43847 hits | 1,49550 hits | 81426 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $505top tenth $17,693+ | $505 | $485 | $425 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -5.9%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -4.0%$20 less | -15.8%$80 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Hell, 6 to 30 months old: 1,496 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 1,496 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (50.9% of the money): 1,495 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 814 of 1,496.
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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