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Niches / Stylized + Third Person
Stylized + Third Person
Games tagged both Stylized and Third Person: 138 indie paid launches, 7 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Stylized + Third Person priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Stylized and trails Third Person; priced $10 to $20 it is level with Stylized and is level with Third Person.
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.
Stylized + Third Person is level with Stylized and is level with Third Person: 4 of its 26 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.7 in 100 for Stylized and 15.0 in 100 for Third Person.
Small sample: 26 launches, 4 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 26 games tagged both Stylized and Third Person priced $10 to $20. 15.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.7 for Stylized-only games and 15.0 for Third Person-only games, so the mix is level with Stylized alone and is level with Third Person alone.
Both: 26 games priced $10 to $20; 15.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $5,767.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 26 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 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.
Stylized + Third Person 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 view137 of 138 launches | Without the breakout137 of 138 launches | Last 18 months81 of 138 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1387 hits | 1377 hits | 1376 hits | 813 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.4 in 1001 in 23 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $20,872+ | $303 | $243 | $344 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -13.7%0.7 fewer in 100 | -27.5%1.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -19.8%$60 less | +13.5%$41 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Stylized and Third Person, 6 to 30 months old: 138 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 138 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, South of Midnight (34.7% of the money): 137 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 81 of 138.
Stylized holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Stylized | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,493 of 1,525 launches | Without the breakout1,524 of 1,525 launches | Last 18 months875 of 1,525 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,52558 hits | 1,49357 hits | 1,52457 hits | 87528 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.8 in 1001 in 26 | 3.8 in 1001 in 26 | 3.7 in 1001 in 27 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $405top tenth $12,445+ | $405 | $405 | $404 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -2.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -15.8%0.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -0.2%$1 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Stylized, 6 to 30 months old: 1,525 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 1,525 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Cairn (18.1% of the money): 1,524 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 875 of 1,525.
Third Person holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Third Person | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,564 of 1,628 launches | Without the breakout1,627 of 1,628 launches | Last 18 months893 of 1,628 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,62893 hits | 1,56491 hits | 1,62792 hits | 89348 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 | 5.4 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $324top tenth $24,288+ | $364 | $324 | $304 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.8%0.1 more in 100 | 0.0%no change | -5.3%0.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +12.3%$40 more | 0.0%no change | -6.2%$20 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Third Person, 6 to 30 months old: 1,628 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 64 of 1,628 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Forever Winter (13.7% of the money): 1,627 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 893 of 1,628.
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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