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Niches / City Builder + Sandbox
City Builder + Sandbox
Games tagged both City Builder and Sandbox: 133 indie paid launches, 41 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing City Builder + Sandbox priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches.
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 + Sandbox beats both its tags: 41.9 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 29.7 in 100 for City Builder and 32.8 in 100 for Sandbox.
That is about 2.1 times the 20.4 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 43 games tagged both City Builder and Sandbox priced $10 to $20. 41.9 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 24.5 in 100 for City Builder-only games and 31.5 in 100 for Sandbox-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 43 games priced $10 to $20; 41.9 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 93 in 100 · $10k+ 77 in 100 · $100k+ 42 in 100.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 43 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 checkOne-hit market. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. 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 + Sandbox is one-hit market: one game earned over half the money. It holds in West-facing view and Last 18 months.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view128 of 133 launches | Without the breakout132 of 133 launches | Last 18 months34 of 133 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 13341 hits | 12840 hits | 13240 hits | 3412 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 30.8 in 100 | 31.3 in 100 | 30.3 in 100 | 35.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $13,213top tenth $925,859+ | $14,566 | $13,213 | under 100 launches |
| Chance against standard | the base | +1.4%0.4 more in 100 | -1.7%0.5 fewer in 100 | +14.5%4.5 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +10.2%$1,353 more | 0.0%no change | under 100 launches |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both City Builder and Sandbox, 12 to 36 months old: 133 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 5 of 133 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 (61.3% of the money): 132 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 34 of 133.
City Builder is changed recently +1: Last 18 months 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 view477 of 507 launches | Without the breakout506 of 507 launches | Last 18 months128 of 507 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 50791 hits | 47789 hits | 50690 hits | 12826 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.9 in 100 | 18.7 in 100 | 17.8 in 100 | 20.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,916top tenth $379,569+ | $2,188 | $1,916 | $4,213 |
| Chance against standard | the base | +4.0%0.7 more in 100 | -0.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | +13.2%2.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the base | +14.2%$272 more | 0.0%no change | +119.9%$2,297 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: 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 (41.1% 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: 128 of 507.
Sandbox 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.
| Sandbox | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,173 of 1,220 launches | Without the breakout1,219 of 1,220 launches | Last 18 months386 of 1,220 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,220206 hits | 1,173194 hits | 1,219205 hits | 38665 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.9 in 100 | 16.5 in 100 | 16.8 in 100 | 16.8 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,007top tenth $290,975+ | $2,070 | $1,992 | $2,439 |
| Chance against standard | the base | -2.1%0.3 fewer in 100 | -0.4%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.3%no change |
| Typical against standard | the base | +3.1%$63 more | -0.7%$15 less | +21.5%$432 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Sandbox, 12 to 36 months old: 1,220 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 47 of 1,220 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 (23.1% of the money): 1,219 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 386 of 1,220.
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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