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Niches / Incremental + Relaxing
Incremental + Relaxing
Games tagged both Incremental and Relaxing: 399 indie paid launches, 22 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Incremental + Relaxing priced under $5. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Incremental and is level with Relaxing; priced under $5 it beats both 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.
Incremental + Relaxing beats both its tags: 3.7 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 1.7 in 100 for Incremental and 1.1 in 100 for Relaxing.
That is 1 in 27, about 7.4 times the 0.5 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 326 games tagged both Incremental and Relaxing priced under $5. 3.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 0.9 for Incremental-only games and 0.6 for Relaxing-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 326 games priced under $5; 3.7 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 27), typical first-year earnings $303.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 326 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.
Incremental + Relaxing 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 view374 of 399 launches | Without the breakout398 of 399 launches | Last 18 months261 of 399 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 39922 hits | 37419 hits | 39821 hits | 26115 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $463top tenth $33,144+ | $485 | $463 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -7.3%0.4 fewer in 100 | -3.6%0.2 fewer in 100 | +3.6%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.8%$22 more | 0.0%no change | +4.8%$22 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Incremental and Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 399 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 25 of 399 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Scritchy Scratchy (17.6% of the money): 398 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 261 of 399.
Incremental is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Incremental | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,304 of 1,414 launches | Without the breakout1,413 of 1,414 launches | Last 18 months896 of 1,414 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,41450 hits | 1,30445 hits | 1,41349 hits | 89640 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 3.5 in 1001 in 29 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $367top tenth $16,254+ | $403 | $364 | $404 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +28.6%1.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +9.8%$36 more | -0.8%$3 less | +10.1%$37 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Incremental, 6 to 30 months old: 1,414 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 1,414 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Scritchy Scratchy (9.1% of the money): 1,413 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 896 of 1,414.
Relaxing holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Relaxing | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,742 of 2,876 launches | Without the breakout2,875 of 2,876 launches | Last 18 months1,653 of 2,876 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,876162 hits | 2,742150 hits | 2,875161 hits | 1,653103 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $546top tenth $31,569+ | $581 | $546 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | +10.7%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +6.4%$35 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 2,876 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 134 of 2,876 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crime Scene Cleaner (11.8% of the money): 2,875 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,653 of 2,876.
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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