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Niches / Automation + Resource Management
Automation + Resource Management
Games tagged both Automation and Resource Management: 66 indie paid launches, 23 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Automation + Resource Management 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.
Automation + Resource Management beats both its tags: 45.2 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 38.6 in 100 for Automation and 32.2 in 100 for Resource Management.
That is about 2.2 times the 20.4 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: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 31 games tagged both Automation and Resource Management priced $10 to $20. 45.2 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 34.6 in 100 for Automation-only games and 28.9 in 100 for Resource Management-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 31 games priced $10 to $20; 45.2 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 100 in 100 · $10k+ 84 in 100 · $100k+ 45 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 31 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 base the others are compared with. 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Automation + Resource Management 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view65 of 66 launches | Without the breakout65 of 66 launches | Last 18 months22 of 66 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6623 hits | 6523 hits | 6522 hits | 225 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 34.8 in 100 | 35.4 in 100 | 33.8 in 100 | 5 of 22too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 65 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 80 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.5%0.5 more in 100 | -2.9%1.0 fewer in 100 | -34.8%12.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Automation and Resource Management, 12 to 36 months old: 66 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 66 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Crust (16.8% of the money): 65 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 22 of 66.
Automation is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| Automation | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view285 of 298 launches | Without the breakout297 of 298 launches | Last 18 months101 of 298 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 29850 hits | 28548 hits | 29749 hits | 10115 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.8 in 100 | 16.8 in 100 | 16.5 in 100 | 14.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,489top tenth $194,540+ | $2,760 | $2,478 | $2,054 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.4%0.1 more in 100 | -1.7%0.3 fewer in 100 | -11.5%1.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +10.9%$271 more | -0.4%$11 less | -17.5%$435 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Automation, 12 to 36 months old: 298 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 13 of 298 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 (79.1% of the money): 297 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 101 of 298.
Resource Management is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Resource Mgmt | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view546 of 562 launches | Without the breakout561 of 562 launches | Last 18 months197 of 562 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 56290 hits | 54687 hits | 56189 hits | 19734 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.0 in 100 | 15.9 in 100 | 15.9 in 100 | 17.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,191top tenth $219,670+ | $2,146 | $2,172 | $3,090 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | +7.8%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | -2.1%$45 less | -0.9%$19 less | +41.0%$899 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Resource Management, 12 to 36 months old: 562 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 16 of 562 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 (47.0% of the money): 561 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 197 of 562.
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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