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Niches / Management + Roguelite
Management + Roguelite
Games tagged both Management and Roguelite: 55 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Management + Roguelite 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.
Management + Roguelite beats both its tags: 8 of its 17 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 29.7 in 100 for Management and 24.1 in 100 for Roguelite.
Small sample: 17 launches, 8 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 17 games tagged both Management and Roguelite priced $10 to $20. 47.1 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 28.9 for Management-only games and 23.2 for Roguelite-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 17 games priced $10 to $20; 47.1 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $55,810.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 17 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 3 of 3. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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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.
Management + Roguelite holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view52 of 55 launches | Without the breakout54 of 55 launches | Last 18 months38 of 55 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5510 hits | 5210 hits | 549 hits | 386 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 18.2 in 100 | 19.2 in 100 | 16.7 in 100 | 15.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,638top tenth $371,542+ | $3,822 | $3,638 | $3,236 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +5.5%1.0 more in 100 | -8.2%1.5 fewer in 100 | -13.2%2.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +5.1%$184 more | 0.0%no change | -11.1%$402 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Management and Roguelite, 6 to 30 months old: 55 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 55 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Scritchy Scratchy (33.7% of the money): 54 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 38 of 55.
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.
Roguelite holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Roguelite | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,237 of 2,395 launches | Without the breakout2,394 of 2,395 launches | Last 18 months1,402 of 2,395 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,395182 hits | 2,237171 hits | 2,394181 hits | 1,40299 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.1 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,131top tenth $64,967+ | $1,213 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.6%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +7.3%$82 more | 0.0%no change | -19.6%$222 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Roguelite, 6 to 30 months old: 2,395 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 158 of 2,395 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (20.9% of the money): 2,394 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,402 of 2,395.
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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