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Niches / Difficult + Psychological Horror
Difficult + Psychological Horror
Games tagged both Difficult and Psychological Horror: 144 indie paid launches, 2 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Difficult + Psychological Horror priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails 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 100.
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12 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 12 games tagged both Difficult and Psychological Horror priced $10 to $20. 8.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 23.4 for Difficult-only games and 20.4 for Psychological Horror-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 12 games priced $10 to $20; 8.3 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 12), typical first-year earnings $13,660.
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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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.
Difficult + Psychological Horror is one-hit market: Without the breakout moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view142 of 144 launches | Without the breakout143 of 144 launches | Last 18 months71 of 144 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1442 hits | 1422 hits | 1431 hits | 711 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 | 0.7 in 1001 in 143 | 1.4 in 1001 in 71 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $806top tenth $6,669+ | $806 | $707 | $606 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -50.0%0.7 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -12.3%$99 less | -24.8%$200 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Difficult and Psychological Horror, 6 to 30 months old: 144 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 144 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Egging On (26.4% of the money): 143 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 71 of 144.
Difficult holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Difficult | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,038 of 1,051 launches | Without the breakout1,050 of 1,051 launches | Last 18 months541 of 1,051 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,05171 hits | 1,03870 hits | 1,05070 hits | 54132 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,133top tenth $56,182+ | $1,150 | $1,133 | $971 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.2%0.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +1.5%$17 more | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$162 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Difficult, 6 to 30 months old: 1,051 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 13 of 1,051 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (57.2% of the money): 1,050 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 541 of 1,051.
Psychological Horror holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Psychological Horror | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,390 of 2,500 launches | Without the breakout2,499 of 2,500 launches | Last 18 months1,334 of 2,500 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,500136 hits | 2,390127 hits | 2,499135 hits | 1,33456 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,314top tenth $30,835+ | $1,314 | $1,314 | $1,112 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -22.2%1.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -15.4%$202 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Psychological Horror, 6 to 30 months old: 2,500 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 110 of 2,500 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 (7.5% of the money): 2,499 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,334 of 2,500.
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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