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Niches / Board Game + Card Game
Board Game + Card Game
Games tagged both Board Game and Card Game: 119 indie paid launches, 10 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Board Game + Card Game priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats Board Game and is about level with Card Game; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Board Game and is too small to compare with Card Game.
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.
Board Game + Card Game is too small to compare with Board Game and is too small to compare with Card Game: 3 of its 25 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 12.4 in 100 for Board Game and 18.9 in 100 for Card Game.
Small sample: 25 launches, 3 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: 40.0 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 25 games tagged both Board Game and Card Game priced $10 to $20. 3 of 25 of them earned $100k+, against 12.5 in 100 for Board Game-only games and 19.9 in 100 for Card Game-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Board Game alone and is too small to compare with Card Game alone.
Both: 25 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 25 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $5,458.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 25 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.
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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.
Board Game + Card Game 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 view110 of 119 launches | Without the breakout118 of 119 launches | Last 18 months41 of 119 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 11910 hits | 11010 hits | 1189 hits | 415 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.4 in 1001 in 12 | 9.1 in 1001 in 11 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 12.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $564top tenth $50,585+ | $669 | $564 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +8.2%0.7 more in 100 | -9.2%0.8 fewer in 100 | +45.1%3.8 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +18.6%$105 more | 0.0%no change | -32.1%$181 less; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Board Game and Card Game, 12 to 36 months old: 119 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 119 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, StarVaders (37.7% of the money): 118 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 41 of 119.
Board Game 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.
| Board Game | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view584 of 626 launches | Without the breakout625 of 626 launches | Last 18 months187 of 626 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 62629 hits | 58429 hits | 62528 hits | 18710 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.6 in 1001 in 22 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.5 in 1001 in 22 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $188top tenth $13,380+ | $202 | $186 | $191 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +7.2%0.3 more in 100 | -3.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | +15.4%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.4%$14 more | -1.1%$2 less | +1.6%$3 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Board Game, 12 to 36 months old: 626 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 626 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, For The King II (27.3% of the money): 625 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 187 of 626.
Card Game 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.
| Card Game | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view796 of 894 launches | Without the breakout893 of 894 launches | Last 18 months285 of 894 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 89457 hits | 79650 hits | 89356 hits | 28519 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.4 in 1001 in 16 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.7 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $556top tenth $42,576+ | $638 | $548 | $670 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | +4.6%0.3 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +14.7%$82 more | -1.4%$8 less | +20.5%$114 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Card Game, 12 to 36 months old: 894 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 98 of 894 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Balatro (30.4% of the money): 893 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 285 of 894.
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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