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Linear + Relaxing
Games tagged both Linear and Relaxing: 107 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Linear + Relaxing 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.
Linear + Relaxing is too small to compare with Linear and is too small to compare with Relaxing: 0 of its 10 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 3 of 86 launches for Linear and 21.4 in 100 for Relaxing.
Small sample: 10 launches, 0 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 10 games tagged both Linear and Relaxing priced $10 to $20. 0 of 10 of them earned $100k+, against 3 of 76 for Linear-only games and 22.1 in 100 for Relaxing-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Linear alone and is too small to compare with Relaxing alone.
Both: 10 games priced $10 to $20; 0 of 10 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $3,308.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 10 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.
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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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Linear + Relaxing is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view105 of 107 launches | Without the breakout106 of 107 launches | Last 18 months26 of 107 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1071 hits | 1051 hits | 1060 hits | 260 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1 of 107too few for a rate | 1 of 105too few for a rate | 0 of 106too few for a rate | 0 of 26too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $250top tenth $3,308+ | $251 | $250 | $229 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.9%no change; too few to tell | -100.0%0.9 fewer in 100 | -100.0%0.9 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.4%$1 more | 0.0%no change | -8.4%$21 less; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Linear and Relaxing, 12 to 36 months old: 107 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 107 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Spilled! (82.8% of the money): 106 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 26 of 107.
Linear is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Linear | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,010 of 1,038 launches | Without the breakout1,037 of 1,038 launches | Last 18 months289 of 1,038 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,0389 hits | 1,0107 hits | 1,0378 hits | 2894 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 0.9 in 1001 in 115 | 0.7 in 1001 in 144 | 0.8 in 1001 in 130 | 4 of 289too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $313top tenth $5,620+ | $328 | $313 | $287 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -20.1%0.2 fewer in 100 | -11.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | +59.6%0.5 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.8%$15 more | 0.0%no change | -8.3%$26 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Linear, 12 to 36 months old: 1,038 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 28 of 1,038 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Spilled! (11.0% of the money): 1,037 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 289 of 1,038.
Relaxing is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Relaxing | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,352 of 2,483 launches | Without the breakout2,482 of 2,483 launches | Last 18 months794 of 2,483 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,483125 hits | 2,352116 hits | 2,482124 hits | 79460 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $472top tenth $28,734+ | $509 | $472 | $400 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.8%no change | +50.1%2.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.8%$37 more | 0.0%no change | -15.3%$72 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Relaxing, 12 to 36 months old: 2,483 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 131 of 2,483 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 (11.3% of the money): 2,482 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 794 of 2,483.
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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