Niche

Board Game + Minimalist

Games tagged both Board Game and Minimalist: 61 indie paid launches, 0 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,758 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 2 Nov 2026. How it is measured.

Price Under $5

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 230 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2021 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,758 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

Under $5

Showing Board Game + Minimalist priced under $5.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?Under $5

Board Game + Minimalist is too small to compare with Board Game and is too small to compare with Minimalist: 0 of its 41 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 0 of 351 launches for Board Game and 0.6 in 100 for Minimalist.

Small sample: 41 launches, 0 hits.

TIEA tie

Tag oneBoard Game

0 of 351launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 351 launches

Typical earnings$54

Launches351 / 0 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

TIEA tie

This pairBoard Game + Minimalist

0 of 41launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 41 launches

$1k+1 of 41 launches

$10k+0 of 41 launches

Launches41 / 0 hits

Expected0.4 in 100

TIEA tie

Tag twomood tagMinimalist

0.6in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds1 in 162

Typical earnings$108

Launches809 / 5 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

All indie launches under $5: 0.4 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 230), typical $162, from 14,050 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at under $5Minimalist is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices61 in pair Under $541 in pair $5 to $1018 in pair$10 to $201: too few$20 to $401: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 41 games tagged both Board Game and Minimalist priced under $5. 0 of 41 of them earned $100k+, against 0 of 310 for Board Game-only games and 0.7 in 100 for Minimalist-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Board Game alone and is too small to compare with Minimalist alone.

Both: 41 games priced under $5; 0 of 41 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 1 of 41 launches · $10k+ 0 of 41 launches · $100k+ 0 of 41 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 41 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Heads Up! Phones Down Editionleads this pair49.6%

PairHeads Up! Phones Down Edition49.6%

Board GameFor The King II28.5%

MinimalistCast n Chill20.7%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 1 of 3, 2 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Board Game + Minimalist

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

Heads Up! Phones Down Edition earned 49.6% of the estimated first-year money of the 61 Board Game + Minimalist launches.
Board Game is led by For The King II, with 28.5% of its money.
Minimalist is led by Cast n Chill, with 20.7% of its money.
No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Board Game + Minimalist holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

Board Game + Minimalist through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view58 of 61 launches	Without the breakout60 of 61 launches	Last 18 months19 of 61 launches
Launches counted	610 hits	580 hits	600 hits	190 hits
Earned $100k+	0 of 61too few for a rate	0 of 58too few for a rate	0 of 60too few for a rate	0 of 19too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	1 of 61 launchescleared $10k; $1k+ 11 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	0.0%no change; too few to tell	0.0%no change	0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Board Game and Minimalist, 12 to 36 months old: 61 launches.

Launches counted: 610 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 61too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: 1 of 61 launchescleared $10k; $1k+ 11 in 100
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 61 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 580 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 58too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Heads Up! Phones Down Edition (49.6% of the money): 60 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 600 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 60too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 19 of 61.

Launches counted: 190 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 19too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Board Game and Minimalist, 12 to 36 months old: 61 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 61 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Heads Up! Phones Down Edition (49.6% of the money): 60 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 19 of 61.

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 through every lens, all prices
Board Game	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view590 of 634 launches	Without the breakout633 of 634 launches	Last 18 months178 of 634 launches
Launches counted	63433 hits	59033 hits	63332 hits	17813 hits
Earned $100k+	5.2 in 1001 in 19	5.6 in 1001 in 18	5.1 in 1001 in 20	7.3 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings	$175top tenth $14,563+	$214	$173	$214
Chance against standard	the base	+7.5%0.4 more in 100	-2.9%0.1 fewer in 100	+40.3%2.1 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+22.3%$39 more	-1.1%$2 less	+22.3%$39 more
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Board Game, 12 to 36 months old: 634 launches.

Launches counted: 63433 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.2 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $175top tenth $14,563+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 44 of 634 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 59033 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.6 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings: $214
Chance against standard: +7.5%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard: +22.3%$39 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, For The King II (28.5% of the money): 633 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 63332 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.1 in 1001 in 20
Typical first-year earnings: $173
Chance against standard: -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.1%$2 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 178 of 634.

Launches counted: 17813 hits
Earned $100k+: 7.3 in 1001 in 14
Typical first-year earnings: $214
Chance against standard: +40.3%2.1 more in 100
Typical against standard: +22.3%$39 more

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Board Game, 12 to 36 months old: 634 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 44 of 634 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, For The King II (28.5% of the money): 633 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 178 of 634.

Minimalist 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.

Minimalist through every lens, all prices
Minimalist	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,061 of 1,092 launches	Without the breakout1,091 of 1,092 launches	Last 18 months313 of 1,092 launches
Launches counted	1,09225 hits	1,06125 hits	1,09124 hits	3139 hits
Earned $100k+	2.3 in 1001 in 44	2.4 in 1001 in 42	2.2 in 1001 in 45	2.9 in 1001 in 35
Typical first-year earnings	$181top tenth $5,347+	$189	$177	$163
Chance against standard	the base	+2.9%0.1 more in 100	-3.9%0.1 fewer in 100	+25.6%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+4.4%$8 more	-2.2%$4 less	-9.9%$18 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Minimalist, 12 to 36 months old: 1,092 launches.

Launches counted: 1,09225 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.3 in 1001 in 44
Typical first-year earnings: $181top tenth $5,347+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 31 of 1,092 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,06125 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.4 in 1001 in 42
Typical first-year earnings: $189
Chance against standard: +2.9%0.1 more in 100
Typical against standard: +4.4%$8 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Cast n Chill (20.7% of the money): 1,091 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,09124 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.2 in 1001 in 45
Typical first-year earnings: $177
Chance against standard: -3.9%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -2.2%$4 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 313 of 1,092.

Launches counted: 3139 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.9 in 1001 in 35
Typical first-year earnings: $163
Chance against standard: +25.6%0.6 more in 100
Typical against standard: -9.9%$18 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Minimalist, 12 to 36 months old: 1,092 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 31 of 1,092 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Cast n Chill (20.7% of the money): 1,091 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 313 of 1,092.

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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