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Niches / Colony Sim + Management
Colony Sim + Management
Games tagged both Colony Sim and Management: 82 indie paid launches, 25 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Colony Sim + Management priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 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.
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74 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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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 30 games tagged both Colony Sim and Management priced $10 to $20. 23.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 18.2 for Colony Sim-only games and 30.3 for Management-only games, so the mix beats Colony Sim alone and trails Management alone.
Both: 30 games priced $10 to $20; 23.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $23,315.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 30 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.
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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.
Colony Sim + Management 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 view80 of 82 launches | Without the breakout81 of 82 launches | Last 18 months48 of 82 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 8225 hits | 8024 hits | 8124 hits | 4810 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 30.5 in 100 | 30.0 in 100 | 29.6 in 100 | 20.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $21,454top tenth $1,030,996+ | $21,454 | $16,148 | $11,657 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.6%0.5 fewer in 100 | -3.0%0.9 fewer in 100 | -31.8%9.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -24.7%$5,306 less | -45.7%$9,797 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Colony Sim and Management, 6 to 30 months old: 82 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 82 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 (24.2% of the money): 81 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 48 of 82.
Colony Sim holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Colony Sim | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view246 of 251 launches | Without the breakout250 of 251 launches | Last 18 months141 of 251 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 25144 hits | 24643 hits | 25043 hits | 14119 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.5 in 100 | 17.5 in 100 | 17.2 in 100 | 13.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,689top tenth $358,651+ | $2,630 | $2,689 | $2,186 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -1.7%0.3 fewer in 100 | -22.9%4.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -2.2%$59 less | 0.0%no change | -18.7%$503 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Colony Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 251 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 5 of 251 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 (15.9% of the money): 250 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 141 of 251.
Management holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Management | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,251 of 1,289 launches | Without the breakout1,288 of 1,289 launches | Last 18 months799 of 1,289 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,289202 hits | 1,251192 hits | 1,288201 hits | 799101 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.7 in 100 | 15.3 in 100 | 15.6 in 100 | 12.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,638top tenth $199,870+ | $3,638 | $3,638 | $2,832 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.5%0.4 fewer in 100 | -0.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -19.7%3.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -22.2%$806 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Management, 6 to 30 months old: 1,289 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 1,289 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 (30.3% of the money): 1,288 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 799 of 1,289.
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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