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Niches / Card Battler + Card Game
Card Battler + Card Game
Games tagged both Card Battler and Card Game: 423 indie paid launches, 32 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Card Battler + Card Game priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is about level with Card Battler and is about level with Card Game; priced $10 to $20 it trails Card Battler and is about level 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.
Card Battler + Card Game trails Card Battler and is about level with Card Game: 21.4 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 25.0 in 100 for Card Battler and 18.9 in 100 for Card Game.
That is about 1.2 times the 17.6 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: 0.5 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 117 games tagged both Card Battler and Card Game priced $10 to $20. 21.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 38.7 in 100 for Card Battler-only games and 15.5 in 100 for Card Game-only games, so the mix trails Card Battler alone and beats Card Game alone.
Both: 117 games priced $10 to $20; 21.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $16,999.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 117 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.
Card Battler + Card Game 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 view374 of 423 launches | Without the breakout422 of 423 launches | Last 18 months128 of 423 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 42332 hits | 37429 hits | 42231 hits | 1289 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.0 in 1001 in 14 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $957top tenth $57,105+ | $1,143 | $957 | $1,377 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +2.5%0.2 more in 100 | -2.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -7.1%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +19.4%$186 more | 0.0%no change | +43.9%$420 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Card Battler and Card Game, 12 to 36 months old: 423 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 49 of 423 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, 9 Kings (30.0% of the money): 422 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 128 of 423.
Card Battler is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Card Battler | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view466 of 520 launches | Without the breakout519 of 520 launches | Last 18 months170 of 520 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 52047 hits | 46642 hits | 51946 hits | 17017 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.0 in 1001 in 11 | 9.0 in 1001 in 11 | 8.9 in 1001 in 11 | 10.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,114top tenth $77,694+ | $1,291 | $1,104 | $1,437 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -0.3%no change | -1.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | +10.6%1.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +15.9%$177 more | -0.9%$10 less | +29.0%$323 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Card Battler, 12 to 36 months old: 520 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 54 of 520 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, 9 Kings (24.4% of the money): 519 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 170 of 520.
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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