Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Life Sim + RPG
Games tagged both Life Sim and RPG: 177 indie paid launches, 29 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Life Sim + RPG priced $10 to $20, last 18 months. Lens figures exist at all prices only, so inside a price band the page shows the standard figures. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it trails Life Sim and beats RPG.
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.
Life Sim + RPG trails Life Sim and beats RPG: 30.2 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 31.5 in 100 for Life Sim and 18.5 in 100 for RPG.
That is about 1.6 times the 18.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this band uses the standard figures.
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 53 games tagged both Life Sim and RPG priced $10 to $20. 30.2 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 31.8 for Life Sim-only games and 17.8 for RPG-only games, so the mix trails Life Sim alone and beats RPG alone.
Both: 53 games priced $10 to $20; 30.2 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $29,789.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 53 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. The last 18 months lens is not computed for the outer parts, so this diagram uses the standard figures.
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.
Life Sim + RPG 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 view154 of 177 launches | Without the breakout176 of 177 launches | Last 18 months91 of 177 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 17729 hits | 15428 hits | 17628 hits | 9111 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.4 in 100 | 18.2 in 100 | 15.9 in 100 | 12.1 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,305top tenth $256,801+ | $3,641 | $3,305 | $2,832 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +11.0%1.8 more in 100 | -3.0%0.5 fewer in 100 | -26.2%4.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +10.2%$336 more | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$473 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Life Sim and RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 177 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 23 of 177 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fields of Mistria (33.3% of the money): 176 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 91 of 177.
Life Sim holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Life Sim | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view990 of 1,055 launches | Without the breakout1,054 of 1,055 launches | Last 18 months609 of 1,055 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,055137 hits | 990128 hits | 1,054136 hits | 60969 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 13.0 in 100 | 12.9 in 100 | 12.9 in 100 | 11.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,122top tenth $139,609+ | $2,225 | $2,122 | $1,920 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.1%1.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.9%$103 more | 0.0%no change | -9.5%$202 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Life Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 1,055 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 65 of 1,055 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fields of Mistria (9.1% of the money): 1,054 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 609 of 1,055.
RPG holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| RPG | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,513 of 4,151 launches | Without the breakout4,150 of 4,151 launches | Last 18 months2,257 of 4,151 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4,151319 hits | 3,513268 hits | 4,150318 hits | 2,257162 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $708top tenth $62,744+ | $728 | $708 | $607 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -6.5%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +2.8%$20 more | 0.0%no change | -14.3%$101 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 4,151 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 638 of 4,151 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 (16.6% of the money): 4,150 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,257 of 4,151.
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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