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 + Sandbox
Games tagged both PvE and Sandbox: 51 indie paid launches, 4 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing PvE + Sandbox 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.
PvE + Sandbox is too small to compare with PvE and is too small to compare with Sandbox: 2 of its 11 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 10.6 in 100 for PvE and 29.7 in 100 for Sandbox.
Small sample: 11 launches, 2 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 11 games tagged both PvE and Sandbox priced $10 to $20. 2 of 11 of them earned $100k+, against 10.1 in 100 for PvE-only games and 30.1 in 100 for Sandbox-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with PvE alone and is too small to compare with Sandbox alone.
Both: 11 games priced $10 to $20; 2 of 11 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $3,241.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 11 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 + Sandbox is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view51 of 51 launches | Without the breakout50 of 51 launches | Last 18 months16 of 51 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 514 hits | 514 hits | 503 hits | 162 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4 of 51too few for a rate | 4 of 51too few for a rate | 3 of 50too few for a rate | 2 of 16too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $669top tenth $40,450+ | $669 | $669 | $669 |
| Chance against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | -23.5%1.8 fewer in 100 | +59.4%4.7 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change; 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 Sandbox, 12 to 36 months old: 51 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 51 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Soulmask (84.9% of the money): 50 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 16 of 51.
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.
Sandbox is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.
| Sandbox | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,172 of 1,219 launches | Without the breakout1,218 of 1,219 launches | Last 18 months387 of 1,219 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,219193 hits | 1,172181 hits | 1,218192 hits | 38762 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.8 in 100 | 15.4 in 100 | 15.8 in 100 | 16.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,882top tenth $223,977+ | $1,914 | $1,882 | $2,011 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.5%0.4 fewer in 100 | -0.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | +1.2%0.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.7%$32 more | 0.0%no change | +6.9%$129 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Sandbox, 12 to 36 months old: 1,219 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 47 of 1,219 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Manor Lords (22.8% of the money): 1,218 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 387 of 1,219.
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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