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Niches / Choices Matter + Strategy
Choices Matter + Strategy
Games tagged both Choices Matter and Strategy: 226 indie paid launches, 18 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Choices Matter + Strategy priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair is level with Choices Matter and beats Strategy; priced $10 to $20 it beats both 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.
Choices Matter + Strategy beats both its tags: 28.3 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 20.1 in 100 for Choices Matter and 16.5 in 100 for Strategy.
That is about 1.5 times the 18.6 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 53 games tagged both Choices Matter and Strategy priced $10 to $20. 28.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 18.2 for Choices Matter-only games and 15.8 for Strategy-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 53 games priced $10 to $20; 28.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $18,695.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 53 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 yardstick. 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: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Choices Matter + Strategy is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view211 of 226 launches | Without the breakout225 of 226 launches | Last 18 months138 of 226 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 22618 hits | 21116 hits | 22517 hits | 13812 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 8.0 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 7.6 in 1001 in 13 | 8.7 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $910top tenth $72,072+ | $1,011 | $887 | $505 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.0%0.4 fewer in 100 | -5.0%0.4 fewer in 100 | +8.7%0.7 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +11.1%$101 more | -2.5%$23 less | -44.5%$405 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Choices Matter and Strategy, 6 to 30 months old: 226 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 15 of 226 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Tower Dominion (12.3% of the money): 225 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 138 of 226.
Choices Matter is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Choices Matter | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,292 of 1,354 launches | Without the breakout1,353 of 1,354 launches | Last 18 months780 of 1,354 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,354106 hits | 1,29294 hits | 1,353105 hits | 78045 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 7.3 in 1001 in 14 | 7.8 in 1001 in 13 | 5.8 in 1001 in 17 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,048top tenth $65,378+ | $1,029 | $1,029 | $709 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -6.4%0.5 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -25.6%2.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -1.8%$19 less | -1.8%$19 less | -32.3%$339 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Choices Matter, 6 to 30 months old: 1,354 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 62 of 1,354 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Legend of Mortal (10.7% of the money): 1,353 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 780 of 1,354.
Strategy holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Strategy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view4,988 of 5,391 launches | Without the breakout5,390 of 5,391 launches | Last 18 months3,128 of 5,391 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 5,391337 hits | 4,988308 hits | 5,390336 hits | 3,128178 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 | 5.7 in 1001 in 18 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $505top tenth $44,532+ | $545 | $505 | $505 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -9.5%0.6 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +7.9%$40 more | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Strategy, 6 to 30 months old: 5,391 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 403 of 5,391 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Slay the Spire 2 (17.1% of the money): 5,390 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 3,128 of 5,391.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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