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Niches / Colony Sim + Resource Management
Colony Sim + Resource Management
Games tagged both Colony Sim and Resource Management: 69 indie paid launches, 18 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Colony Sim + Resource Management 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.
Colony Sim + Resource Management beats both its tags: 7 of its 23 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 20.3 in 100 for Colony Sim and 26.2 in 100 for Resource Management.
Small sample: 23 launches, 7 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: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 23 games tagged both Colony Sim and Resource Management priced $10 to $20. 30.4 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.7 for Colony Sim-only games and 25.6 for Resource Management-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 23 games priced $10 to $20; 30.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $48,171.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 23 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.
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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.
Colony Sim + Resource Management 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 view67 of 69 launches | Without the breakout68 of 69 launches | Last 18 months38 of 69 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 6918 hits | 6718 hits | 6817 hits | 387 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 26.1 in 100 | 26.9 in 100 | 25.0 in 100 | 18.4 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $7,433top tenth $439,463+ | $7,433 | $7,433 | $39,670 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.1%0.8 more in 100 | -4.2%1.1 fewer in 100 | -29.5%7.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | +433.7%$32,237 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Colony Sim and Resource Management, 6 to 30 months old: 69 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 2 of 69 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Crust (23.1% of the money): 68 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 38 of 69.
Colony Sim holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Colony Sim | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view246 of 251 launches | Without the breakout250 of 251 launches | Last 18 months141 of 251 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 25144 hits | 24643 hits | 25043 hits | 14119 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 17.5 in 100 | 17.5 in 100 | 17.2 in 100 | 13.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,689top tenth $358,651+ | $2,630 | $2,689 | $2,186 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -1.7%0.3 fewer in 100 | -22.9%4.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -2.2%$59 less | 0.0%no change | -18.7%$503 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Colony Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 251 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 5 of 251 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Infection Free Zone (15.9% of the money): 250 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 141 of 251.
Resource Management holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Resource Mgmt | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view740 of 763 launches | Without the breakout762 of 763 launches | Last 18 months486 of 763 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 76397 hits | 74093 hits | 76296 hits | 48657 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.7 in 100 | 12.6 in 100 | 12.6 in 100 | 11.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,136top tenth $140,597+ | $2,136 | $2,136 | $2,103 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -7.9%1.0 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -1.5%$33 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Resource Management, 6 to 30 months old: 763 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 23 of 763 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 (43.7% of the money): 762 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 486 of 763.
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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