Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
PvE + Retro
Games tagged both PvE and Retro: 40 indie paid launches, 1 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing PvE + Retro priced under $5.
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.
PvE + Retro is too small to compare with PvE and is too small to compare with Retro: 0 of its 29 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 2 of 709 launches for PvE and 1 of 735 launches for Retro.
Small sample: 29 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 29 games tagged both PvE and Retro priced under $5. 0 of 29 of them earned $100k+, against 2 of 680 for PvE-only games and 1 of 706 for Retro-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with PvE alone and is too small to compare with Retro alone.
Both: 29 games priced under $5; 0 of 29 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $168.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 29 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: too few to tell. 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.
PvE + Retro is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view40 of 40 launches | Without the breakout39 of 40 launches | Last 18 months10 of 40 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 401 hits | 401 hits | 390 hits | 101 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 1 of 40too few for a rate | 1 of 40too few for a rate | 0 of 39too few for a rate | 1 of 10too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $253top tenth $2,976+ | $253 | $188 | $802 |
| Chance against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | -100.0%2.5 fewer in 100 | +300.0%7.5 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | -25.7%$65 less | +217.0%$549 more; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Too few to tell | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both PvE and Retro, 12 to 36 months old: 40 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 40 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, FUMES (92.7% of the money): 39 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 10 of 40.
PvE is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| PvE | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,298 of 1,316 launches | Without the breakout1,315 of 1,316 launches | Last 18 months386 of 1,316 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,31660 hits | 1,29857 hits | 1,31559 hits | 38623 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.6 in 1001 in 22 | 4.4 in 1001 in 23 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $383top tenth $22,048+ | $385 | $383 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -3.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | +30.7%1.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +0.5%$2 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged PvE, 12 to 36 months old: 1,316 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 1,316 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Lethal Company (31.0% of the money): 1,315 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 386 of 1,316.
Retro holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| Retro | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,266 of 1,299 launches | Without the breakout1,298 of 1,299 launches | Last 18 months361 of 1,299 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,29954 hits | 1,26653 hits | 1,29853 hits | 36112 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $574top tenth $19,804+ | $574 | $574 | $459 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.7%no change | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -20.0%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -20.0%$115 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Retro, 12 to 36 months old: 1,299 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 33 of 1,299 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Mouthwashing (20.9% of the money): 1,298 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 361 of 1,299.
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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