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Niches / Bullet Hell + Shooter
Bullet Hell + Shooter
Games tagged both Bullet Hell and Shooter: 521 indie paid launches, 14 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Bullet Hell + Shooter priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Bullet Hell and is about level with Shooter; priced $10 to $20 it trails 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.
Bullet Hell + Shooter trails both its tags: 11.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 17.5 in 100 for Bullet Hell and 18.7 in 100 for Shooter.
That is about 0.6 times the 17.6 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 53 games tagged both Bullet Hell and Shooter priced $10 to $20. 11.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 21.9 in 100 for Bullet Hell-only games and 20.0 in 100 for Shooter-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 53 games priced $10 to $20; 11.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $7,596.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 53 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 base the others are compared with. 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Bullet Hell + Shooter holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view491 of 521 launches | Without the breakout520 of 521 launches | Last 18 months139 of 521 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 52114 hits | 49113 hits | 52013 hits | 1393 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 | 2.6 in 1001 in 38 | 2.5 in 1001 in 40 | 3 of 139too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $337top tenth $11,345+ | $337 | $337 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.5%no change | -7.0%0.2 fewer in 100 | -19.7%0.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +13.6%$46 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Bullet Hell and Shooter, 12 to 36 months old: 521 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 30 of 521 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, VOID/BREAKER (26.3% of the money): 520 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 139 of 521.
Bullet Hell is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Bullet Hell | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,303 of 1,359 launches | Without the breakout1,358 of 1,359 launches | Last 18 months377 of 1,359 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,35955 hits | 1,30348 hits | 1,35854 hits | 37715 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $501top tenth $22,489+ | $505 | $501 | $574 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -9.0%0.4 fewer in 100 | -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.8%$4 more | 0.0%no change | +14.6%$73 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Bullet Hell, 12 to 36 months old: 1,359 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 56 of 1,359 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 (44.0% of the money): 1,358 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 377 of 1,359.
Shooter holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,375 of 2,466 launches | Without the breakout2,465 of 2,466 launches | Last 18 months641 of 2,466 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,466137 hits | 2,375130 hits | 2,465136 hits | 64137 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $313top tenth $18,809+ | $329 | $313 | $306 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.7%no change | +3.9%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.1%$16 more | 0.0%no change | -2.2%$7 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shooter, 12 to 36 months old: 2,466 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 91 of 2,466 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 (20.1% of the money): 2,465 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 641 of 2,466.
A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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