Ticker: price and year-over-year change for 40 genres. Price is the median estimated first-year revenue of indie paid launches. The change shows for genres with 100+ launches. The same figures are on the Genres page.
Building + Casual
Games tagged both Building and Casual: 254 indie paid launches, 33 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Building + Casual priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Building and beats Casual; priced $10 to $20 it is about level with Building and beats Casual.
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.
Building + Casual is about level with Building and beats Casual: 32.7 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 34.7 in 100 for Building and 13.2 in 100 for Casual.
That is about 1.6 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 55 games tagged both Building and Casual priced $10 to $20. 32.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 35.3 in 100 for Building-only games and 12.0 in 100 for Casual-only games, so the mix is about level with Building alone and beats Casual alone.
Both: 55 games priced $10 to $20; 32.7 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 85 in 100 · $10k+ 60 in 100 · $100k+ 33 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 55 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 checkChanged recently. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. 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: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Building + Casual is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view246 of 254 launches | Without the breakout253 of 254 launches | Last 18 months75 of 254 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 25433 hits | 24633 hits | 25332 hits | 7515 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 13.0 in 100 | 13.4 in 100 | 12.6 in 100 | 20.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,352top tenth $168,814+ | $1,643 | $1,325 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.3%0.4 more in 100 | -2.6%0.3 fewer in 100 | +53.9%7.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +21.5%$291 more | -2.0%$27 less | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Building and Casual, 12 to 36 months old: 254 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 8 of 254 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, House Flipper 2 (25.2% of the money): 253 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 75 of 254.
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.
| Building | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view819 of 846 launches | Without the breakout845 of 846 launches | Last 18 months242 of 846 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 846169 hits | 819165 hits | 845168 hits | 24253 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 20.0 in 100 | 20.1 in 100 | 19.9 in 100 | 21.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,528top tenth $406,840+ | $2,704 | $2,528 | $5,056 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.9%0.2 more in 100 | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | +9.6%1.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.0%$176 more | 0.0%no change | +100.0%$2,528 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Building, 12 to 36 months old: 846 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 27 of 846 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Enshrouded (16.9% of the money): 845 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 242 of 846.
Casual is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Casual | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view9,216 of 9,755 launches | Without the breakout9,754 of 9,755 launches | Last 18 months2,936 of 9,755 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 9,755291 hits | 9,216272 hits | 9,754290 hits | 2,936122 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.0 in 1001 in 34 | 3.0 in 1001 in 34 | 3.0 in 1001 in 34 | 4.2 in 1001 in 24 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $248top tenth $9,802+ | $264 | $248 | $230 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.1%no change | -0.3%no change | +39.3%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +6.5%$16 more | 0.0%no change | -7.3%$18 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Casual, 12 to 36 months old: 9,755 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 539 of 9,755 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, House Flipper 2 (4.1% of the money): 9,754 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,936 of 9,755.
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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