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Niches / Exploration + Shooter
Exploration + Shooter
Games tagged both Exploration and Shooter: 280 indie paid launches, 25 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Exploration + Shooter priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 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.
65 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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65 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 65 games tagged both Exploration and Shooter priced $10 to $20. 21.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 20.0 for Exploration-only games and 19.1 for Shooter-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 65 games priced $10 to $20; 21.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $8,944.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 65 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.
Exploration + Shooter 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 view268 of 280 launches | Without the breakout279 of 280 launches | Last 18 months141 of 280 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 28025 hits | 26824 hits | 27924 hits | 14112 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.9 in 1001 in 11 | 9.0 in 1001 in 11 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 8.5 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $808top tenth $80,170+ | $808 | $728 | $506 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.1%0.1 more in 100 | -3.4%0.3 fewer in 100 | -4.5%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -9.9%$80 less | -37.4%$302 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Exploration and Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 280 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 12 of 280 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Escape From Duckov (34.9% of the money): 279 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 141 of 280.
Exploration holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Exploration | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,867 of 5,078 launches | Without the breakout5,077 of 5,078 launches | Last 18 months2,727 of 5,078 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,078397 hits | 4,867377 hits | 5,077396 hits | 2,727190 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $908top tenth $58,608+ | $909 | $902 | $728 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -10.3%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.1%$1 more | -0.7%$6 less | -19.8%$180 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Exploration, 6 to 30 months old: 5,078 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 211 of 5,078 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 (20.7% of the money): 5,077 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,727 of 5,078.
Shooter holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Shooter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,534 of 2,618 launches | Without the breakout2,617 of 2,618 launches | Last 18 months1,346 of 2,618 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,618155 hits | 2,534149 hits | 2,617154 hits | 1,34675 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $363top tenth $20,964+ | $403 | $363 | $324 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -5.1%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.0%$40 more | 0.0%no change | -10.7%$39 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Shooter, 6 to 30 months old: 2,618 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 84 of 2,618 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Gray Zone Warfare (19.2% of the money): 2,617 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,346 of 2,618.
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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