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Niches / Funny + Third Person
Funny + Third Person
Games tagged both Funny and Third Person: 134 indie paid launches, 9 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Funny + Third Person 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.
Funny + Third Person beats both its tags: 6 of its 22 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 18.4 in 100 for Funny and 15.0 in 100 for Third Person.
Small sample: 22 launches, 6 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 22 games tagged both Funny and Third Person priced $10 to $20. 27.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 17.6 for Funny-only games and 13.9 for Third Person-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 22 games priced $10 to $20; 27.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $23,677.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 22 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.
Funny + Third 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 view132 of 134 launches | Without the breakout133 of 134 launches | Last 18 months73 of 134 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1349 hits | 1329 hits | 1338 hits | 732 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $485top tenth $40,480+ | $485 | $405 | $405 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.5%0.1 more in 100 | -10.4%0.7 fewer in 100 | -59.7%4.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -16.5%$80 less | -16.5%$80 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Funny and Third Person, 6 to 30 months old: 134 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 134 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Another Crab's Treasure (61.8% of the money): 133 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 73 of 134.
Funny holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Funny | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,883 of 1,962 launches | Without the breakout1,961 of 1,962 launches | Last 18 months1,086 of 1,962 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,962117 hits | 1,883108 hits | 1,961116 hits | 1,08656 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $808top tenth $37,489+ | $809 | $808 | $655 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.0%0.3 fewer in 100 | -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.3%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.1%$1 more | 0.0%no change | -18.9%$153 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Funny, 6 to 30 months old: 1,962 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 79 of 1,962 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (26.3% of the money): 1,961 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,086 of 1,962.
Third Person holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Third Person | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,564 of 1,628 launches | Without the breakout1,627 of 1,628 launches | Last 18 months893 of 1,628 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,62893 hits | 1,56491 hits | 1,62792 hits | 89348 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $324top tenth $24,288+ | $364 | $324 | $304 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.8%0.1 more in 100 | 0.0%no change | -5.3%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +12.3%$40 more | 0.0%no change | -6.2%$20 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Third Person, 6 to 30 months old: 1,628 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 64 of 1,628 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Forever Winter (13.7% of the money): 1,627 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 893 of 1,628.
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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