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Niches / City Builder + Economy
City Builder + Economy
Games tagged both City Builder and Economy: 73 indie paid launches, 22 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing City Builder + Economy 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.
City Builder + Economy beats both its tags: 41.9 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 29.9 in 100 for City Builder and 34.9 in 100 for Economy.
That is about 2.0 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 31 games tagged both City Builder and Economy priced $10 to $20. 41.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 26.4 in 100 for City Builder-only games and 33.3 in 100 for Economy-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 31 games priced $10 to $20; 41.9 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 94 in 100 · $10k+ 71 in 100 · $100k+ 42 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 31 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 checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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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.
City Builder + Economy 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.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view69 of 73 launches | Without the breakout72 of 73 launches | Last 18 months24 of 73 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 7322 hits | 6921 hits | 7221 hits | 249 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 30.1 in 100 | 30.4 in 100 | 29.2 in 100 | 9 of 24too few for a rate |
| Chance of $10k+ | 52 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 73 in 100 | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.0%0.3 more in 100 | -3.2%1.0 fewer in 100 | +24.4%7.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | under 100 launches | under 100 launches | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both City Builder and Economy, 12 to 36 months old: 73 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 73 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Town to City (22.8% of the money): 72 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 24 of 73.
City Builder is audience split +1: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Without the breakout.
| City Builder | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view473 of 502 launches | Without the breakout501 of 502 launches | Last 18 months117 of 502 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 50290 hits | 47389 hits | 50189 hits | 11724 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.9 in 100 | 18.8 in 100 | 17.8 in 100 | 20.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,101top tenth $375,012+ | $2,280 | $2,031 | $2,636 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +5.0%0.9 more in 100 | -0.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | +14.4%2.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +8.5%$179 more | -3.3%$70 less | +25.5%$535 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged City Builder, 12 to 36 months old: 502 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 29 of 502 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Manor Lords (41.0% of the money): 501 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 117 of 502.
Economy is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| Economy | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view500 of 509 launches | Without the breakout508 of 509 launches | Last 18 months198 of 509 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 50993 hits | 50092 hits | 50892 hits | 19834 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 18.3 in 100 | 18.4 in 100 | 18.1 in 100 | 17.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $4,501top tenth $280,355+ | $4,925 | $4,501 | $3,301 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +0.7%0.1 more in 100 | -0.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -6.0%1.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +9.4%$424 more | 0.0%no change | -26.7%$1,200 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Economy, 12 to 36 months old: 509 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 9 of 509 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Supermarket Simulator (22.8% of the money): 508 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 198 of 509.
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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