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Niches / Dungeon Crawler + Hack and Slash
Dungeon Crawler + Hack and Slash
Games tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Hack and Slash: 153 indie paid launches, 27 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Dungeon Crawler + Hack and Slash 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.
Dungeon Crawler + Hack and Slash beats both its tags: 34.9 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 22.3 in 100 for Dungeon Crawler and 22.8 in 100 for Hack and Slash.
That is about 1.9 times the 18.6 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 43 games tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Hack and Slash priced $10 to $20. 34.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 19.3 for Dungeon Crawler-only games and 19.2 for Hack and Slash-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 43 games priced $10 to $20; 34.9 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $12,628.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 43 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.
Dungeon Crawler + Hack and Slash 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 view151 of 153 launches | Without the breakout152 of 153 launches | Last 18 months80 of 153 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 15327 hits | 15125 hits | 15226 hits | 8014 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.6 in 100 | 16.6 in 100 | 17.1 in 100 | 17.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,237top tenth $384,596+ | $3,088 | $3,237 | $4,046 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.7%1.0 fewer in 100 | -2.8%0.5 fewer in 100 | -0.6%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -4.6%$149 less | 0.0%no change | +25.0%$809 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Dungeon Crawler and Hack and Slash, 6 to 30 months old: 153 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 153 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (52.1% of the money): 152 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 80 of 153.
Dungeon Crawler holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Dungeon Crawler | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view931 of 989 launches | Without the breakout988 of 989 launches | Last 18 months526 of 989 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 98985 hits | 93181 hits | 98884 hits | 52643 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.7 in 1001 in 11 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $911top tenth $70,674+ | $1,050 | $911 | $809 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.2%0.1 more in 100 | -1.2%0.1 fewer in 100 | -4.7%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +15.3%$139 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$102 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Dungeon Crawler, 6 to 30 months old: 989 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 58 of 989 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (40.2% of the money): 988 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 526 of 989.
Hack and Slash holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Hack and Slash | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view862 of 897 launches | Without the breakout896 of 897 launches | Last 18 months465 of 897 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 89783 hits | 86276 hits | 89682 hits | 46538 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.3 in 1001 in 11 | 8.8 in 1001 in 11 | 9.2 in 1001 in 11 | 8.2 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,010top tenth $89,055+ | $1,010 | $1,010 | $1,010 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.4%0.5 fewer in 100 | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.8%1.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Hack and Slash, 6 to 30 months old: 897 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 35 of 897 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (35.7% of the money): 896 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 465 of 897.
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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