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Niches / Dark Humor + First-Person
Dark Humor + First-Person
Games tagged both Dark Humor and First-Person: 62 indie paid launches, 11 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Dark Humor + First-Person priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 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.
12 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.
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12 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.
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 12 games tagged both Dark Humor and First-Person priced $10 to $20. 41.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 28.2 for Dark Humor-only games and 22.8 for First-Person-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 12 games priced $10 to $20; 41.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $77,101.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 12 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.
Dark Humor + First-Person 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 view61 of 62 launches | Without the breakout61 of 62 launches | Last 18 months33 of 62 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6211 hits | 6111 hits | 6110 hits | 334 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.7 in 100 | 18.0 in 100 | 16.4 in 100 | 12.1 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,330top tenth $495,877+ | $1,330 | $1,294 | $911 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.7%0.3 more in 100 | -7.3%1.3 fewer in 100 | -31.6%5.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.7%$36 less | -31.5%$419 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Dark Humor and First-Person, 6 to 30 months old: 62 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 62 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, CloverPit (41.3% of the money): 61 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 33 of 62.
Dark Humor holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Dark Humor | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view422 of 440 launches | Without the breakout439 of 440 launches | Last 18 months247 of 440 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 44042 hits | 42240 hits | 43941 hits | 24722 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 | 9.3 in 1001 in 11 | 8.9 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,029top tenth $73,268+ | $1,090 | $1,011 | $978 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.1%0.2 fewer in 100 | -6.3%0.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +5.9%$61 more | -1.7%$18 less | -5.0%$51 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dark Humor, 6 to 30 months old: 440 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 440 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 (47.4% of the money): 439 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 247 of 440.
First-Person holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| First-Person | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,135 of 4,266 launches | Without the breakout4,265 of 4,266 launches | Last 18 months2,372 of 4,266 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,266296 hits | 4,135284 hits | 4,265295 hits | 2,372163 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $849top tenth $40,885+ | $849 | $849 | $728 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$121 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged First-Person, 6 to 30 months old: 4,266 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 131 of 4,266 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (16.7% of the money): 4,265 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,372 of 4,266.
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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