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Niches / City Builder + Pixel Graphics
City Builder + Pixel Graphics
Games tagged both City Builder and Pixel Graphics: 40 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing City Builder + Pixel Graphics priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails City Builder and beats Pixel Graphics; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with City Builder and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics.
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 + Pixel Graphics is too small to compare with City Builder and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics: 3 of its 11 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 26.2 in 100 for City Builder and 21.8 in 100 for Pixel Graphics.
Small sample: 11 launches, 3 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 11 games tagged both City Builder and Pixel Graphics priced $10 to $20. 3 of 11 of them earned $100k+, against 26.1 in 100 for City Builder-only games and 21.7 in 100 for Pixel Graphics-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with City Builder alone and is too small to compare with Pixel Graphics alone.
Both: 11 games priced $10 to $20; 3 of 11 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $32,397.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 11 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 2 of 2. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: not run yet.
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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 + Pixel Graphics holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view36 of 40 launches | Without the breakout39 of 40 launches | Last 18 monthstoo few |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 405 hits | 365 hits | 394 hits | too few |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.5 in 100 | 13.9 in 100 | 4 of 39too few for a rate | too few |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,713top tenth $164,398+ | $5,881 | $2,906 | too few |
| Chance against standard | the base | +11.1%1.4 more in 100 | -17.9%2.2 fewer in 100 | too few |
| Typical against standard | the base | +58.4%$2,168 more; too few to tell | -21.7%$807 less | too few |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Not run yet |
Every indie paid launch tagged both City Builder and Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 40 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 40 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, dotAGE (33.3% of the money): 39 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Too few launches to run this lens.
City Builder is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.
| City Builder | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view477 of 507 launches | Without the breakout506 of 507 launches | Last 18 months130 of 507 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 50785 hits | 47783 hits | 50684 hits | 13025 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.8 in 100 | 17.4 in 100 | 16.6 in 100 | 19.2 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,856top tenth $291,243+ | $1,986 | $1,856 | $3,828 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +3.8%0.6 more in 100 | -1.0%0.2 fewer in 100 | +14.7%2.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +7.0%$130 more | 0.0%no change | +106.3%$1,972 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged City Builder, 12 to 36 months old: 507 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 30 of 507 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 (40.8% of the money): 506 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 130 of 507.
Pixel Graphics 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.
| Pixel Graphics | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view3,492 of 3,686 launches | Without the breakout3,685 of 3,686 launches | Last 18 months1,073 of 3,686 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 3,686188 hits | 3,492169 hits | 3,685187 hits | 1,07368 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 4.8 in 1001 in 21 | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $459top tenth $28,145+ | $480 | $459 | $383 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -5.1%0.3 fewer in 100 | -0.5%no change | +24.3%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +4.6%$21 more | 0.0%no change | -16.6%$76 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Moves the answer | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Pixel Graphics, 12 to 36 months old: 3,686 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 194 of 3,686 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, DELTARUNE (23.0% of the money): 3,685 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,073 of 3,686.
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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