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Cartoon + Colorful
Games tagged both Cartoon and Colorful: 225 indie paid launches, 11 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Cartoon + Colorful priced $10 to $20.
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.
Cartoon + Colorful beats both its tags: 4 of its 24 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 16.1 in 100 for Cartoon and 14.7 in 100 for Colorful.
Small sample: 24 launches, 4 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 24 games tagged both Cartoon and Colorful priced $10 to $20. 16.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.9 for Cartoon-only games and 14.6 for Colorful-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 24 games priced $10 to $20; 16.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $3,946.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 24 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.
Cartoon + Colorful 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 view222 of 225 launches | Without the breakout224 of 225 launches | Last 18 months122 of 225 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 22511 hits | 22211 hits | 22410 hits | 1226 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $405top tenth $26,373+ | $405 | $405 | $424 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.0%0.1 more in 100 | -8.2%0.4 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +4.7%$19 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Cartoon and Colorful, 6 to 30 months old: 225 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 225 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Among Us 3D (16.5% of the money): 224 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 122 of 225.
Cartoon holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Cartoon | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view777 of 826 launches | Without the breakout825 of 826 launches | Last 18 months430 of 826 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 82628 hits | 77725 hits | 82527 hits | 43013 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $18,611+ | $303 | $303 | $282 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.8%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.9%$21 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cartoon, 6 to 30 months old: 826 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 49 of 826 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Starsand Island (21.2% of the money): 825 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 430 of 826.
Colorful holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Colorful | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,038 of 3,082 launches | Without the breakout3,081 of 3,082 launches | Last 18 months1,714 of 3,082 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,082134 hits | 3,038130 hits | 3,081133 hits | 1,71470 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 | 4.3 in 1001 in 23 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $364top tenth $17,195+ | $364 | $364 | $303 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -4.7%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -16.8%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Colorful, 6 to 30 months old: 3,082 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 44 of 3,082 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hello Kitty Island Adventure (10.0% of the money): 3,081 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,714 of 3,082.
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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