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Niches / Deckbuilding + RPG
Deckbuilding + RPG
Games tagged both Deckbuilding and RPG: 90 indie paid launches, 12 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Deckbuilding + RPG priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Deckbuilding and beats RPG; 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.
32 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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32 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.
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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 32 games tagged both Deckbuilding and RPG priced $10 to $20. 25.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 25.7 in 100 for Deckbuilding-only games and 17.2 in 100 for RPG-only games, so the mix is about level with Deckbuilding alone and beats RPG alone.
Both: 32 games priced $10 to $20; 25.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $19,872.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 32 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.
Deckbuilding + RPG 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 view84 of 90 launches | Without the breakout89 of 90 launches | Last 18 months25 of 90 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 9012 hits | 8411 hits | 8911 hits | 253 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 13.3 in 100 | 13.1 in 100 | 12.4 in 100 | 3 of 25too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,038top tenth $267,404+ | $3,217 | $2,549 | $2,549 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.8%0.2 fewer in 100 | -7.3%1.0 fewer in 100 | -10.0%1.3 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.9%$179 more; too few to tell | -16.1%$489 less | -16.1%$489 less; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Deckbuilding and RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 90 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 6 of 90 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Magicraft (21.9% of the money): 89 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 25 of 90.
Deckbuilding 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.
| Deckbuilding | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view535 of 577 launches | Without the breakout576 of 577 launches | Last 18 months200 of 577 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 57761 hits | 53556 hits | 57660 hits | 20018 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 10.6 in 100 | 10.5 in 100 | 10.4 in 100 | 9.0 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,193top tenth $101,479+ | $2,411 | $2,193 | $1,804 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.5%0.2 fewer in 100 | -14.9%1.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.9%$218 more | 0.0%no change | -17.7%$389 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Deckbuilding, 12 to 36 months old: 577 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 577 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 (38.5% of the money): 576 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 200 of 577.
RPG is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| RPG | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,125 of 3,715 launches | Without the breakout3,714 of 3,715 launches | Last 18 months1,018 of 3,715 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,715270 hits | 3,125225 hits | 3,714269 hits | 1,01882 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 8.1 in 1001 in 12 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $675top tenth $51,629+ | $729 | $675 | $859 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change | +10.8%0.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +8.0%$54 more | 0.0%no change | +27.3%$184 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged RPG, 12 to 36 months old: 3,715 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 590 of 3,715 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (18.0% of the money): 3,714 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,018 of 3,715.
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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