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Niches / Party-Based RPG + Strategy
Party-Based RPG + Strategy
Games tagged both Party-Based RPG and Strategy: 109 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Party-Based RPG + Strategy priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it beats Party-Based RPG and trails Strategy.
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.
Party-Based RPG + Strategy beats Party-Based RPG and trails Strategy: 11.9 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 7.8 in 100 for Party-Based RPG and 16.5 in 100 for Strategy.
That is about 0.6 times the 18.6 in 100 expected for any launch at this price.
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 42 games tagged both Party-Based RPG and Strategy priced $10 to $20. 11.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 6.1 for Party-Based RPG-only games and 16.7 for Strategy-only games, so the mix beats Party-Based RPG alone and trails Strategy alone.
Both: 42 games priced $10 to $20; 11.9 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $15,382.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 42 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 checkAudience-sensitive +1. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: moves the answer. 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.
Party-Based RPG + Strategy is audience-sensitive +1: West-facing view moves the answer by more than a quarter, and 1 more lens too. It holds in 1 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view91 of 109 launches | Without the breakout108 of 109 launches | Last 18 months63 of 109 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 10910 hits | 919 hits | 1089 hits | 636 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.2 in 1001 in 11 | 9.9 in 1001 in 10 | 8.3 in 1001 in 12 | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,186top tenth $86,922+ | $3,095 | $2,186 | $3,095 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +7.6%0.7 more in 100 | -9.8%0.9 fewer in 100 | +3.3%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +41.6%$909 more | 0.0%no change | +41.6%$909 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Party-Based RPG and Strategy, 6 to 30 months old: 109 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 18 of 109 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Aethermancer (27.4% of the money): 108 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 63 of 109.
Party-Based RPG holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Party-Based RPG | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view418 of 460 launches | Without the breakout459 of 460 launches | Last 18 months258 of 460 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 46034 hits | 41830 hits | 45933 hits | 25819 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $907top tenth $62,885+ | $1,011 | $849 | $728 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -2.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.5%$104 more | -6.4%$58 less | -19.7%$179 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Party-Based RPG, 6 to 30 months old: 460 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 460 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fellowship (29.2% of the money): 459 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 258 of 460.
Strategy holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Strategy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,988 of 5,391 launches | Without the breakout5,390 of 5,391 launches | Last 18 months3,128 of 5,391 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,391337 hits | 4,988308 hits | 5,390336 hits | 3,128178 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $505top tenth $44,532+ | $545 | $505 | $505 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -9.5%0.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +7.9%$40 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Strategy, 6 to 30 months old: 5,391 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 403 of 5,391 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Slay the Spire 2 (17.1% of the money): 5,390 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 3,128 of 5,391.
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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