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Niches / Card Battler + Casual
Card Battler + Casual
Games tagged both Card Battler and Casual: 139 indie paid launches, 4 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Card Battler + Casual priced $10 to $20.
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 + Casual is too small to compare with Card Battler and is too small to compare with Casual: 0 of its 24 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 25.0 in 100 for Card Battler and 11.4 in 100 for Casual.
Small sample: 24 launches, 0 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 24 games tagged both Card Battler and Casual priced $10 to $20. 0 of 24 of them earned $100k+, against 29.8 in 100 for Card Battler-only games and 11.7 in 100 for Casual-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Card Battler alone and is too small to compare with Casual alone.
Both: 24 games priced $10 to $20; 0 of 24 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $1,620.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 24 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 checkAudience split. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: moves the answer. Without the breakout: holds. 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.
Card Battler + Casual is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view119 of 139 launches | Without the breakout138 of 139 launches | Last 18 months43 of 139 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1394 hits | 1194 hits | 1383 hits | 431 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4 of 139too few for a rate | 4 of 119too few for a rate | 3 of 138too few for a rate | 1 of 43too few for a rate |
| Typical first-year earnings | $191top tenth $24,976+ | $304 | $191 | $536 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +16.8%0.5 more in 100; too few to tell | -24.5%0.7 fewer in 100 | -19.2%0.6 fewer in 100; too few to tell |
| Typical against standard | the base | +59.2%$113 more | 0.0%no change | +180.6%$345 more; too few to tell |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Too few to tell |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Card Battler and Casual, 12 to 36 months old: 139 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 20 of 139 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Ooblets (29.2% of the money): 138 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 43 of 139.
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.
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 view9,211 of 9,751 launches | Without the breakout9,750 of 9,751 launches | Last 18 months2,939 of 9,751 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 9,751259 hits | 9,211240 hits | 9,750258 hits | 2,939107 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 38 | 2.6 in 1001 in 38 | 2.6 in 1001 in 38 | 3.6 in 1001 in 27 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $253top tenth $8,786+ | $257 | $253 | $230 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -1.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.4%no change | +37.1%1.0 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +1.6%$4 more | 0.0%no change | -9.1%$23 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Casual, 12 to 36 months old: 9,751 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 540 of 9,751 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 (3.8% of the money): 9,750 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 2,939 of 9,751.
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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