Niche

Cooking + Management

Games tagged both Cooking and Management: 63 indie paid launches, 18 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,758 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 2 Nov 2026. How it is measured.

Price $10 to $20

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 230 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2021 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,758 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

$10 to $20

Showing Cooking + Management priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is too small to compare with Cooking and is too small to compare with Management.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of 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.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?$10 to $20

Cooking + Management is too small to compare with Cooking and is too small to compare with Management: 15 of its 25 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 39.1 in 100 for Cooking and 33.0 in 100 for Management.

Small sample: 25 launches, 15 hits.

TIEA tie

Tag oneCooking

39.1in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds39.1 in 100

$1k+94 in 100

$10k+72 in 100

Launches64 / 25 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

TIEA tie

This pairCooking + Management

15 of 25launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds15 of 25 launches

$1k+25 of 25 launches

$10k+22 of 25 launches

Launches25 / 15 hits

Expected20.5 in 100

TIETied

Tag twoManagement

33.0in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds33.0 in 100

Typical earnings$41,035

Launches306 / 101 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

All indie launches $10 to $20: 20.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $11,233, from 4,337 launches.each block is 5 in 100 all indie at $10 to $20

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

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.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices63 in pair Under $514 in pair $5 to $1023 in pair $10 to $2025 in pair$20 to $401: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 25 games tagged both Cooking and Management priced $10 to $20. 15 of 25 of them earned $100k+, against 25.6 in 100 for Cooking-only games and 30.6 in 100 for Management-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with Cooking alone and is too small to compare with Management alone.

Both: 25 games priced $10 to $20; 15 of 25 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 25 of 25 launches · $10k+ 22 of 25 launches · $100k+ 15 of 25 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 25 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.

3Comparables

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.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

Fast Food Simulatorleads this pair17.7%

PairFast Food Simulator17.7%

CookingThe Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty18.3%

ManagementSchedule I32.5%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkAudience split. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: moves the answer. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads Cooking + Management

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

Fast Food Simulator earned 17.7% of the estimated first-year money of the 63 Cooking + Management launches.
Cooking is led by The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, with 18.3% of its money.
Management is led by Schedule I, with 32.5% of its money.
No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

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.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

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.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

Cooking + Management is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout.

Cooking + Management through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view60 of 63 launches	Without the breakout62 of 63 launches	Last 18 months20 of 63 launches
Launches counted	6318 hits	6015 hits	6217 hits	202 hits
Earned $100k+	28.6 in 100	25.0 in 100	27.4 in 100	2 of 20too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	56 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 76 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	-12.5%3.6 fewer in 100	-4.0%1.2 fewer in 100	-65.0%18.6 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both Cooking and Management, 12 to 36 months old: 63 launches.

Launches counted: 6318 hits
Earned $100k+: 28.6 in 100
Chance of $10k+: 56 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 76 in 100
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 63 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 6015 hits
Earned $100k+: 25.0 in 100
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -12.5%3.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Fast Food Simulator (17.7% of the money): 62 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 6217 hits
Earned $100k+: 27.4 in 100
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -4.0%1.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 20 of 63.

Launches counted: 202 hits
Earned $100k+: 2 of 20too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -65.0%18.6 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both Cooking and Management, 12 to 36 months old: 63 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 3 of 63 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Fast Food Simulator (17.7% of the money): 62 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 20 of 63.

Cooking is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Cooking through every lens, all prices
Cooking	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view261 of 269 launches	Without the breakout268 of 269 launches	Last 18 months85 of 269 launches
Launches counted	26935 hits	26131 hits	26834 hits	858 hits
Earned $100k+	13.0 in 100	11.9 in 100	12.7 in 100	9.4 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings	$1,372top tenth $155,250+	$1,372	$1,372	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	-8.7%1.1 fewer in 100	-2.5%0.3 fewer in 100	-27.7%3.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	0.0%no change	0.0%no change	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Cooking, 12 to 36 months old: 269 launches.

Launches counted: 26935 hits
Earned $100k+: 13.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $1,372top tenth $155,250+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 8 of 269 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 26131 hits
Earned $100k+: 11.9 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $1,372
Chance against standard: -8.7%1.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (18.3% of the money): 268 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 26834 hits
Earned $100k+: 12.7 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $1,372
Chance against standard: -2.5%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 85 of 269.

Launches counted: 858 hits
Earned $100k+: 9.4 in 1001 in 11
Typical first-year earnings: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -27.7%3.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Cooking, 12 to 36 months old: 269 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 8 of 269 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (18.3% of the money): 268 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 85 of 269.

Management 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.

Management through every lens, all prices
Management	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,004 of 1,036 launches	Without the breakout1,035 of 1,036 launches	Last 18 months350 of 1,036 launches
Launches counted	1,036186 hits	1,004178 hits	1,035185 hits	35055 hits
Earned $100k+	18.0 in 100	17.7 in 100	17.9 in 100	15.7 in 100
Typical first-year earnings	$4,344top tenth $275,205+	$4,361	$4,288	$3,743
Chance against standard	the base	-1.3%0.2 fewer in 100	-0.4%0.1 fewer in 100	-12.5%2.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+0.4%$17 more	-1.3%$56 less	-13.8%$601 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Management, 12 to 36 months old: 1,036 launches.

Launches counted: 1,036186 hits
Earned $100k+: 18.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $4,344top tenth $275,205+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 1,036 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,004178 hits
Earned $100k+: 17.7 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $4,361
Chance against standard: -1.3%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +0.4%$17 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (32.5% of the money): 1,035 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,035185 hits
Earned $100k+: 17.9 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $4,288
Chance against standard: -0.4%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.3%$56 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 350 of 1,036.

Launches counted: 35055 hits
Earned $100k+: 15.7 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $3,743
Chance against standard: -12.5%2.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -13.8%$601 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Management, 12 to 36 months old: 1,036 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 32 of 1,036 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (32.5% of the money): 1,035 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 350 of 1,036.

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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