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Niches / City Builder + RTS
City Builder + RTS
Games tagged both City Builder and RTS: 66 indie paid launches, 14 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing City Builder + RTS priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
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.
26 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.
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26 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.
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 City Builder and RTS priced $10 to $20. 26.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 21.0 for City Builder-only games and 17.2 for RTS-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 26 games priced $10 to $20; 26.9 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $27,623.
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 +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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.
City Builder + RTS is changed recently +1: Last 18 months 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 view63 of 66 launches | Without the breakout65 of 66 launches | Last 18 months31 of 66 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6614 hits | 6314 hits | 6513 hits | 319 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 21.2 in 100 | 22.2 in 100 | 20.0 in 100 | 29.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,035top tenth $439,463+ | $3,035 | $2,225 | $6,050 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +4.7%1.0 more in 100 | -5.7%1.2 fewer in 100 | +36.8%7.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -26.7%$810 less | +99.3%$3,015 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both City Builder and RTS, 6 to 30 months old: 66 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 66 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Infection Free Zone (39.4% of the money): 65 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 31 of 66.
City Builder holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| City Builder | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view512 of 541 launches | Without the breakout540 of 541 launches | Last 18 months278 of 541 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 54181 hits | 51278 hits | 54080 hits | 27837 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.0 in 100 | 15.2 in 100 | 14.8 in 100 | 13.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,982top tenth $250,207+ | $2,225 | $1,982 | $1,840 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.3%0.2 more in 100 | -1.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | -11.3%1.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +12.3%$243 more | 0.0%no change | -7.2%$142 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged City Builder, 6 to 30 months old: 541 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 541 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 (43.1% of the money): 540 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 278 of 541.
RTS holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| RTS | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view487 of 525 launches | Without the breakout524 of 525 launches | Last 18 months277 of 525 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 52549 hits | 48749 hits | 52448 hits | 27729 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.3 in 1001 in 11 | 10.1 in 100 | 9.2 in 1001 in 11 | 10.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $685top tenth $80,960+ | $848 | $685 | $787 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +8.6%0.8 more in 100 | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | +12.9%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +23.8%$163 more | 0.0%no change | +14.9%$102 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged RTS, 6 to 30 months old: 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: 38 of 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, Infection Free Zone (14.1% of the money): 524 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 277 of 525.
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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