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Niches / Base Building + RTS
Base Building + RTS
Games tagged both Base Building and RTS: 76 indie paid launches, 20 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Base Building + RTS priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; 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.
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30 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 30 games tagged both Base Building and RTS priced $10 to $20. 30.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 29.5 in 100 for Base Building-only games and 11.1 in 100 for RTS-only games, so the mix is about level with Base Building alone and beats RTS alone.
Both: 30 games priced $10 to $20; 30.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $26,239.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 30 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.
Base Building + RTS 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 view74 of 76 launches | Without the breakout75 of 76 launches | Last 18 months32 of 76 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 7620 hits | 7420 hits | 7519 hits | 3210 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 26.3 in 100 | 27.0 in 100 | 25.3 in 100 | 31.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $10,805top tenth $561,095+ | $10,805 | $10,325 | $35,857 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.7%0.7 more in 100 | -3.7%1.0 fewer in 100 | +18.8%4.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | 0.0%no change; too few to tell | -4.4%$480 less | +231.9%$25,052 more; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Base Building and RTS, 12 to 36 months old: 76 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 76 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Tempest Rising (23.1% of the money): 75 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 32 of 76.
Base Building is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Base Building | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view554 of 583 launches | Without the breakout582 of 583 launches | Last 18 months157 of 583 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 583125 hits | 554119 hits | 582124 hits | 15735 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 21.4 in 100 | 21.5 in 100 | 21.3 in 100 | 22.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,034top tenth $454,995+ | $3,119 | $3,034 | $5,356 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.2%no change | -0.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | +4.0%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +2.8%$85 more | 0.0%no change | +76.5%$2,322 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Base Building, 12 to 36 months old: 583 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 29 of 583 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 (30.5% of the money): 582 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 157 of 583.
RTS is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| RTS | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view461 of 498 launches | Without the breakout497 of 498 launches | Last 18 months147 of 498 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 49838 hits | 46137 hits | 49737 hits | 14714 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 8.0 in 1001 in 12 | 7.4 in 1001 in 13 | 9.5 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $669top tenth $61,759+ | $765 | $648 | $919 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +5.2%0.4 more in 100 | -2.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | +24.8%1.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +14.3%$96 more | -3.1%$21 less | +37.4%$250 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged RTS, 12 to 36 months old: 498 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 37 of 498 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Tempest Rising (15.8% of the money): 497 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 147 of 498.
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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