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Niches / Action RPG + Roguelite
Action RPG + Roguelite
Games tagged both Action RPG and Roguelite: 198 indie paid launches, 17 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action RPG + Roguelite priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; 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.
42 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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42 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 42 games tagged both Action RPG and Roguelite priced $10 to $20. 23.8 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 18.4 for Action RPG-only games and 24.1 for Roguelite-only games, so the mix beats Action RPG alone and is level with Roguelite alone.
Both: 42 games priced $10 to $20; 23.8 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $11,572.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 42 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.
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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 RPG + Roguelite 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 view188 of 198 launches | Without the breakout197 of 198 launches | Last 18 months112 of 198 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 19817 hits | 18815 hits | 19716 hits | 1126 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,294top tenth $78,922+ | $1,294 | $1,293 | $1,092 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -7.0%0.6 fewer in 100 | -5.8%0.5 fewer in 100 | -37.2%3.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -0.1%$1 less | -15.6%$202 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action RPG and Roguelite, 6 to 30 months old: 198 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 10 of 198 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 (85.7% of the money): 197 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 112 of 198.
Action RPG holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Action RPG | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,300 of 1,413 launches | Without the breakout1,412 of 1,413 launches | Last 18 months696 of 1,413 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,413109 hits | 1,30097 hits | 1,412108 hits | 69648 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $485top tenth $62,308+ | $505 | $485 | $425 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.6%0.2 fewer in 100 | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -10.4%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.1%$20 more | 0.0%no change | -12.4%$60 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 1,413 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 113 of 1,413 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 (31.7% of the money): 1,412 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 696 of 1,413.
Roguelite holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Roguelite | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,237 of 2,395 launches | Without the breakout2,394 of 2,395 launches | Last 18 months1,402 of 2,395 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,395182 hits | 2,237171 hits | 2,394181 hits | 1,40299 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.1 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,131top tenth $64,967+ | $1,213 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.6%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +7.3%$82 more | 0.0%no change | -19.6%$222 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Roguelite, 6 to 30 months old: 2,395 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 158 of 2,395 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 (20.9% of the money): 2,394 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,402 of 2,395.
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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