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.
PvP + Survival
Games tagged both PvP and Survival: 41 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing PvP + Survival priced under $5. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats PvP and is about level with Survival; priced under $5 it is too small to compare with PvP and is too small to compare with Survival.
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.
PvP + Survival is too small to compare with PvP and is too small to compare with Survival: 0 of its 14 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 2 of 506 launches for PvP and 0 of 480 launches for Survival.
Small sample: 14 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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 14 games tagged both PvP and Survival priced under $5. 0 of 14 of them earned $100k+, against 2 of 492 for PvP-only games and 0 of 466 for Survival-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with PvP alone and is too small to compare with Survival alone.
Both: 14 games priced under $5; 0 of 14 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 8 of 14 launches · $10k+ 2 of 14 launches · $100k+ 0 of 14 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 14 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: not run yet.
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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.
PvP + Survival is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view41 of 41 launches | Without the breakout40 of 41 launches | Last 18 monthstoo few |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 415 hits | 415 hits | 404 hits | too few |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.2 in 100 | 12.2 in 100 | 4 of 40too few for a rate | too few |
| Chance of $10k+ | 44 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 76 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | too few |
| Chance against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | -18.0%2.2 fewer in 100 | too few |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | too few |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Not run yet |
Every indie paid launch tagged both PvP and Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 41 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 41 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 (72.0% of the money): 40 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Too few launches to run this lens.
PvP is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| PvP | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,017 of 1,042 launches | Without the breakout1,041 of 1,042 launches | Last 18 months288 of 1,042 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,04272 hits | 1,01770 hits | 1,04171 hits | 28822 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.9 in 1001 in 14 | 6.9 in 1001 in 15 | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $500top tenth $38,407+ | $500 | $500 | $632 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.4%no change | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | +10.6%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +26.4%$132 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged PvP, 12 to 36 months old: 1,042 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 25 of 1,042 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, REMATCH (27.6% of the money): 1,041 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 288 of 1,042.
Survival 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.
| Survival | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view975 of 1,018 launches | Without the breakout1,017 of 1,018 launches | Last 18 months269 of 1,018 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,018105 hits | 975102 hits | 1,017104 hits | 26923 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.3 in 100 | 10.5 in 100 | 10.2 in 100 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,115top tenth $107,290+ | $1,138 | $1,095 | $1,068 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.4%0.1 more in 100 | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -17.1%1.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.1%$23 more | -1.8%$20 less | -4.2%$47 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Survival, 12 to 36 months old: 1,018 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 43 of 1,018 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Palworld (39.6% of the money): 1,017 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 269 of 1,018.
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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