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Niches / Colony Sim + Sandbox
Colony Sim + Sandbox
Games tagged both Colony Sim and Sandbox: 68 indie paid launches, 22 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Colony Sim + Sandbox 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.
Colony Sim + Sandbox beats both its tags: 7 of its 18 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 20.3 in 100 for Colony Sim and 30.7 in 100 for Sandbox.
Small sample: 18 launches, 7 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 18 games tagged both Colony Sim and Sandbox priced $10 to $20. 38.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.3 for Colony Sim-only games and 30.3 for Sandbox-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 18 games priced $10 to $20; 38.9 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $56,672.
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 checkChanged recently +2. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: moves the answer. 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.
Colony Sim + Sandbox is changed recently +2: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 2 more lenses too. It holds in 0 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view65 of 68 launches | Without the breakout67 of 68 launches | Last 18 months37 of 68 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6822 hits | 6521 hits | 6721 hits | 378 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 32.4 in 100 | 32.3 in 100 | 31.3 in 100 | 21.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $11,539top tenth $1,226,741+ | $8,496 | $8,499 | $3,256 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -3.4%1.1 fewer in 100 | -33.3%10.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -26.4%$3,043 less | -26.3%$3,040 less | -71.8%$8,283 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Moves the answer | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Colony Sim and Sandbox, 6 to 30 months old: 68 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 68 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, ASKA (17.7% of the money): 67 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 37 of 68.
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.
Sandbox holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Sandbox | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,352 of 1,394 launches | Without the breakout1,393 of 1,394 launches | Last 18 months822 of 1,394 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,394210 hits | 1,352198 hits | 1,393209 hits | 822109 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.1 in 100 | 14.6 in 100 | 15.0 in 100 | 13.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,841top tenth $239,640+ | $1,840 | $1,841 | $1,618 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.3%0.5 fewer in 100 | -0.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.9%1.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -0.1%$1 less | 0.0%no change | -12.1%$223 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Sandbox, 6 to 30 months old: 1,394 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 1,394 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 (22.6% of the money): 1,393 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 822 of 1,394.
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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