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Niches / Building + Open World
Building + Open World
Games tagged both Building and Open World: 91 indie paid launches, 27 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Building + Open World priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it trails Building and is about level with Open World.
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 + Open World trails Building and is about level with Open World: 29.4 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 35.5 in 100 for Building and 29.3 in 100 for Open World.
That is about 1.4 times the 20.5 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 34 games tagged both Building and Open World priced $10 to $20. 29.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 36.5 in 100 for Building-only games and 29.3 in 100 for Open World-only games, so the mix trails Building alone and is about level with Open World alone.
Both: 34 games priced $10 to $20; 29.4 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 91 in 100 · $10k+ 68 in 100 · $100k+ 29 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 34 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: too few to tell.
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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 + Open World is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view87 of 91 launches | Without the breakout90 of 91 launches | Last 18 months20 of 91 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 9127 hits | 8727 hits | 9026 hits | 203 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 29.7 in 100 | 31.0 in 100 | 28.9 in 100 | 3 of 20too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 51 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 74 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +4.6%1.4 more in 100 | -2.6%0.8 fewer in 100 | -49.4%14.7 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Building and Open World, 12 to 36 months old: 91 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 91 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 (53.1% of the money): 90 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 20 of 91.
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 view806 of 833 launches | Without the breakout832 of 833 launches | Last 18 months222 of 833 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 833165 hits | 806161 hits | 832164 hits | 22246 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 19.8 in 100 | 20.0 in 100 | 19.7 in 100 | 20.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,573top tenth $412,328+ | $2,725 | $2,573 | $3,726 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.8%0.2 more in 100 | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | +4.6%0.9 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +5.9%$152 more | 0.0%no change | +44.8%$1,153 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Building, 12 to 36 months old: 833 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 833 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 (17.6% of the money): 832 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 222 of 833.
Open World 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.
| Open World | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view820 of 858 launches | Without the breakout857 of 858 launches | Last 18 months210 of 858 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 858163 hits | 820156 hits | 857162 hits | 21037 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 19.0 in 100 | 19.0 in 100 | 18.9 in 100 | 17.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,181top tenth $483,712+ | $2,280 | $2,150 | $2,601 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.1%no change | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -7.3%1.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.5%$99 more | -1.4%$31 less | +19.3%$420 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Open World, 12 to 36 months old: 858 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 38 of 858 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Palworld (29.6% of the money): 857 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 210 of 858.
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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