Niche

Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down

Games tagged both Grid-Based Movement and Top-Down: 41 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,291 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Price Under $5

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 238 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2020 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,291 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

Under $5

Showing Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down priced under $5.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?Under $5

Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down is too small to compare with Grid-Based Movement and is too small to compare with Top-Down: 0 of its 27 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 0 of 136 launches for Grid-Based Movement and 1 of 1,092 launches for Top-Down.

Small sample: 27 launches, 0 hits.

TIEA tie

Tag oneGrid-Based Movement

0 of 136launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 136 launches

Typical earnings$142

Launches136 / 0 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

TIEA tie

This pairGrid-Based Movement + Top-Down

0 of 27launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 27 launches

$1k+4 of 27 launches

$10k+0 of 27 launches

Launches27 / 0 hits

Expected0.4 in 100

TIEA tie

Tag twomood tagTop-Down

1 of 1,092launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds1 of 1,092 launches

Typical earnings$105

Launches1,092 / 1 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

All indie launches under $5: 0.4 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 238), typical $158, from 13,785 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at under $5Top-Down is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices41 in pair Under $527 in pair $5 to $1011 in pair$10 to $202: too few$20 to $401: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 27 games tagged both Grid-Based Movement and Top-Down priced under $5. 0 of 27 of them earned $100k+, against 0 of 109 for Grid-Based Movement-only games and 1 of 1,065 for Top-Down-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Grid-Based Movement alone and is too small to compare with Top-Down alone.

Both: 27 games priced under $5; 0 of 27 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 4 of 27 launches · $10k+ 0 of 27 launches · $100k+ 0 of 27 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 27 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witchleads this pair85.8%

PairLost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch85.8%

Grid-Based MovementLost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch15.8%

Top-DownDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor21.2%

CheckOne game over half?yes

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

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The leaders, in words

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch earned 85.8% of the estimated first-year money of the 41 Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down launches.
It also leads Grid-Based Movement, with 15.8% of that tag's money.
Top-Down is led by Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, with 21.2% of its money.
One game holds over half of this pair's money: read every figure here as that game's story.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money.

Grid-Based Movement + Top-Down through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view41 of 41 launches	Without the breakout40 of 41 launches	Last 18 months14 of 41 launches
Launches counted	411 hits	411 hits	400 hits	140 hits
Earned $100k+	1 of 41too few for a rate	1 of 41too few for a rate	0 of 40too few for a rate	0 of 14too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	3 of 41 launchescleared $10k; $1k+ 29 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	0.0%no change; too few to tell	-100.0%2.4 fewer in 100	-100.0%2.4 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Moves the answer	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Grid-Based Movement and Top-Down, 12 to 36 months old: 41 launches.

Launches counted: 411 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 41too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: 3 of 41 launchescleared $10k; $1k+ 29 in 100
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 41 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 411 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 41too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutMoves the answer

Drops the single biggest earner, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (85.8% of the money): 40 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 400 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 40too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -100.0%2.4 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 14 of 41.

Launches counted: 140 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 14too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -100.0%2.4 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Grid-Based Movement and Top-Down, 12 to 36 months old: 41 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 41 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (85.8% of the money): 40 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 14 of 41.

Grid-Based Movement holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Grid-Based Movement through every lens, all prices
Grid-Based Movement	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view233 of 233 launches	Without the breakout232 of 233 launches	Last 18 months71 of 233 launches
Launches counted	2338 hits	2338 hits	2327 hits	711 hits
Earned $100k+	3.4 in 1001 in 29	3.4 in 1001 in 29	3.0 in 1001 in 33	1 of 71too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings	$439top tenth $23,738+	$439	$439	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	0.0%no change	-12.1%0.4 fewer in 100	-59.0%2.0 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	0.0%no change	0.0%no change	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Grid-Based Movement, 12 to 36 months old: 233 launches.

Launches counted: 2338 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 29
Typical first-year earnings: $439top tenth $23,738+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 233 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 2338 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 29
Typical first-year earnings: $439
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (15.8% of the money): 232 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 2327 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.0 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $439
Chance against standard: -12.1%0.4 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 71 of 233.

Launches counted: 711 hits
Earned $100k+: 1 of 71too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -59.0%2.0 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Grid-Based Movement, 12 to 36 months old: 233 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 233 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (15.8% of the money): 232 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 71 of 233.

Top-Down is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.

Top-Down through every lens, all prices
Top-Down	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,778 of 1,861 launches	Without the breakout1,860 of 1,861 launches	Last 18 months504 of 1,861 launches
Launches counted	1,86157 hits	1,77849 hits	1,86056 hits	50414 hits
Earned $100k+	3.1 in 1001 in 33	2.8 in 1001 in 36	3.0 in 1001 in 33	2.8 in 1001 in 36
Typical first-year earnings	$266top tenth $8,426+	$278	$266	$179
Chance against standard	the base	-10.0%0.3 fewer in 100	-1.7%0.1 fewer in 100	-9.3%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+4.5%$12 more	0.0%no change	-32.7%$87 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Moves the answer

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Top-Down, 12 to 36 months old: 1,861 launches.

Launches counted: 1,86157 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.1 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $266top tenth $8,426+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 83 of 1,861 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,77849 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.8 in 1001 in 36
Typical first-year earnings: $278
Chance against standard: -10.0%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +4.5%$12 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (21.2% of the money): 1,860 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,86056 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.0 in 1001 in 33
Typical first-year earnings: $266
Chance against standard: -1.7%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 504 of 1,861.

Launches counted: 50414 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.8 in 1001 in 36
Typical first-year earnings: $179
Chance against standard: -9.3%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -32.7%$87 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Top-Down, 12 to 36 months old: 1,861 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 83 of 1,861 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (21.2% of the money): 1,860 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 504 of 1,861.

A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.

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