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Niches / Auto Battler + Card Game
Auto Battler + Card Game
Games tagged both Auto Battler and Card Game: 67 indie paid launches, 7 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Auto Battler + Card Game priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Auto Battler and beats Card Game; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Auto Battler and is too small to compare with Card Game.
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.
Auto Battler + Card Game is too small to compare with Auto Battler and is too small to compare with Card Game: 6 of its 18 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 25.0 in 100 for Auto Battler and 20.9 in 100 for Card Game.
Small sample: 18 launches, 6 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 18 games tagged both Auto Battler and Card Game priced $10 to $20. 6 of 18 of them earned $100k+, against 21.4 in 100 for Auto Battler-only games and 19.7 in 100 for Card Game-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Auto Battler alone and is too small to compare with Card Game alone.
Both: 18 games priced $10 to $20; 6 of 18 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 15 of 18 launches · $10k+ 13 of 18 launches · $100k+ 6 of 18 launches.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 18 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 checkHolds in 2 of 3, 1 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. 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.
Auto Battler + Card Game holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout; too few to tell in Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view58 of 67 launches | Without the breakout66 of 67 launches | Last 18 months28 of 67 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 677 hits | 585 hits | 666 hits | 284 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.4 in 100 | 8.6 in 1001 in 12 | 9.1 in 1001 in 11 | 4 of 28too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 31 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 61 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | -17.5%1.8 fewer in 100 | -13.0%1.4 fewer in 100 | +36.7%3.8 more in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Auto Battler and Card Game, 12 to 36 months old: 67 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 67 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, 9 Kings (48.4% of the money): 66 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 28 of 67.
Auto Battler 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.
| Auto Battler | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view342 of 362 launches | Without the breakout361 of 362 launches | Last 18 months119 of 362 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 36228 hits | 34225 hits | 36127 hits | 11913 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.7 in 1001 in 13 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 10.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,243top tenth $68,085+ | $1,319 | $1,227 | $1,429 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.5%0.4 fewer in 100 | -3.3%0.3 fewer in 100 | +41.2%3.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +6.1%$76 more | -1.3%$16 less | +15.0%$186 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Auto Battler, 12 to 36 months old: 362 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 20 of 362 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, 9 Kings (29.3% of the money): 361 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 119 of 362.
Card Game is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Card Game | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view797 of 895 launches | Without the breakout894 of 895 launches | Last 18 months285 of 895 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 89561 hits | 79754 hits | 89460 hits | 28519 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.8 in 1001 in 15 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $569top tenth $55,156+ | $663 | $569 | $714 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.6%no change | -1.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -2.2%0.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +16.5%$94 more | 0.0%no change | +25.5%$145 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Card Game, 12 to 36 months old: 895 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 98 of 895 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Balatro (30.6% of the money): 894 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 285 of 895.
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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