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Niches / Job Simulator + Management
Job Simulator + Management
Games tagged both Job Simulator and Management: 56 indie paid launches, 8 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Job Simulator + Management priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is level with Job Simulator and trails Management; 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.
22 launches, under your minimum sample of 30.
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22 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 22 games tagged both Job Simulator and Management priced $10 to $20. 22.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 20.0 for Job Simulator-only games and 30.2 for Management-only games, so the mix beats Job Simulator alone and trails Management alone.
Both: 22 games priced $10 to $20; 22.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $39,819.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 22 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. 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.
Job Simulator + 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 view55 of 56 launches | Without the breakout55 of 56 launches | Last 18 months40 of 56 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 568 hits | 558 hits | 557 hits | 404 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.3 in 100 | 14.5 in 100 | 12.7 in 100 | 10.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $14,140top tenth $169,850+ | $13,597 | $13,597 | $12,140 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.4%0.2 more in 100 | -11.2%1.6 fewer in 100 | -30.1%4.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -3.8%$543 less | -3.8%$543 less | -14.1%$2,000 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Job Simulator and Management, 6 to 30 months old: 56 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 56 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Storage Hunter Simulator (41.8% of the money): 55 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 40 of 56.
Job Simulator is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Job Simulator | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view126 of 127 launches | Without the breakout126 of 127 launches | Last 18 months91 of 127 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 12718 hits | 12618 hits | 12617 hits | 9112 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.2 in 100 | 14.3 in 100 | 13.5 in 100 | 13.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $8,351top tenth $169,850+ | $8,351 | $8,351 | $5,501 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +0.7%0.1 more in 100 | -4.9%0.7 fewer in 100 | -7.0%1.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -34.1%$2,850 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Job Simulator, 6 to 30 months old: 127 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 127 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Storage Hunter Simulator (21.3% of the money): 126 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 91 of 127.
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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