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Niches / Automation + Base Building
Automation + Base Building
Games tagged both Automation and Base Building: 83 indie paid launches, 20 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Automation + Base Building 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.
Automation + Base Building beats both its tags: 34.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 31.8 in 100 for Automation and 29.4 in 100 for Base Building.
That is about 1.8 times the 18.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.
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 35 games tagged both Automation and Base Building priced $10 to $20. 34.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 30.0 for Automation-only games and 28.6 for Base Building-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 35 games priced $10 to $20; 34.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $39,670.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 35 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 checkAudience-sensitive +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: moves the answer. 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.
Automation + Base Building is audience-sensitive +1: West-facing view moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view79 of 83 launches | Without the breakout82 of 83 launches | Last 18 months48 of 83 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8320 hits | 7920 hits | 8219 hits | 488 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 24.1 in 100 | 25.3 in 100 | 23.2 in 100 | 16.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $8,901top tenth $1,136,861+ | $12,173 | $8,901 | $7,595 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +5.0%1.2 more in 100 | -3.7%0.9 fewer in 100 | -30.7%7.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +36.8%$3,272 more | 0.0%no change | -14.7%$1,306 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Automation and Base Building, 6 to 30 months old: 83 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 83 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (77.1% of the money): 82 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 48 of 83.
Automation holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Automation | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view391 of 409 launches | Without the breakout408 of 409 launches | Last 18 months266 of 409 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 40947 hits | 39146 hits | 40846 hits | 26625 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 11.5 in 100 | 11.8 in 100 | 11.3 in 100 | 9.4 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,695top tenth $114,689+ | $1,718 | $1,695 | $1,618 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.6%0.3 more in 100 | -1.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -18.3%2.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +1.4%$23 more | 0.0%no change | -4.5%$77 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Automation, 6 to 30 months old: 409 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 409 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (70.4% of the money): 408 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 266 of 409.
Base Building holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Base Building | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view599 of 628 launches | Without the breakout627 of 628 launches | Last 18 months326 of 628 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 628125 hits | 599120 hits | 627124 hits | 32667 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 19.9 in 100 | 20.0 in 100 | 19.8 in 100 | 20.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,683top tenth $473,360+ | $3,683 | $3,683 | $4,209 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +0.5%0.1 more in 100 | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | +3.5%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +14.3%$526 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Base Building, 6 to 30 months old: 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: 29 of 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, Schedule I (31.2% of the money): 627 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 326 of 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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