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Cute + Retro
Games tagged both Cute and Retro: 124 indie paid launches, 4 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Cute + Retro 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.
Cute + Retro trails both its tags: 1 of its 15 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 16.3 in 100 for Cute and 19.3 in 100 for Retro.
Small sample: 15 launches, 1 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 15 games tagged both Cute and Retro priced $10 to $20. 6.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 16.5 for Cute-only games and 20.3 for Retro-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 6.7 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 15), typical first-year earnings $3,238.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 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.
Cute + Retro 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 view120 of 124 launches | Without the breakout123 of 124 launches | Last 18 months72 of 124 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1244 hits | 1204 hits | 1233 hits | 720 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 2.4 in 1001 in 42 | 0.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $702top tenth $28,476+ | $728 | $607 | $606 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.1%0.1 more in 100 | -25.0%0.8 fewer in 100 | -100.0%3.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +3.7%$26 more | -13.5%$95 less | -13.7%$96 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Cute and Retro, 6 to 30 months old: 124 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 124 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Backyard Baseball '97 (31.7% of the money): 123 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 72 of 124.
Cute holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Cute | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,089 of 4,279 launches | Without the breakout4,278 of 4,279 launches | Last 18 months2,326 of 4,279 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,279218 hits | 4,089200 hits | 4,278217 hits | 2,326111 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $725top tenth $28,533+ | $727 | $725 | $642 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -5.9%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.3%$2 more | 0.0%no change | -11.4%$83 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cute, 6 to 30 months old: 4,279 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 190 of 4,279 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mewgenics (15.9% of the money): 4,278 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,326 of 4,279.
Retro holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Retro | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,418 of 1,454 launches | Without the breakout1,453 of 1,454 launches | Last 18 months793 of 1,454 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,45472 hits | 1,41871 hits | 1,45371 hits | 79332 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 4.0 in 1001 in 25 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $607top tenth $28,146+ | $607 | $607 | $566 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -20.0%1.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.8%$41 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Retro, 6 to 30 months old: 1,454 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 36 of 1,454 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mouthwashing (18.2% of the money): 1,453 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 793 of 1,454.
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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