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Niches / Farming Sim + Life Sim
Farming Sim + Life Sim
Games tagged both Farming Sim and Life Sim: 110 indie paid launches, 23 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Farming Sim + Life Sim priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it beats Farming Sim and trails Life Sim.
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.
Farming Sim + Life Sim beats Farming Sim and trails Life Sim: 25.6 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 23.2 in 100 for Farming Sim and 31.5 in 100 for Life Sim.
That is about 1.4 times the 18.6 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: 0.5 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 39 games tagged both Farming Sim and Life Sim priced $10 to $20. 25.6 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 21.7 for Farming Sim-only games and 32.5 for Life Sim-only games, so the mix beats Farming Sim alone and trails Life Sim alone.
Both: 39 games priced $10 to $20; 25.6 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $34,591.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 39 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 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.
Farming Sim + Life Sim 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 view106 of 110 launches | Without the breakout109 of 110 launches | Last 18 months66 of 110 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 11023 hits | 10622 hits | 10922 hits | 669 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 20.9 in 100 | 20.8 in 100 | 20.2 in 100 | 13.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $8,294top tenth $594,898+ | $8,294 | $7,927 | $5,260 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.5%0.1 fewer in 100 | -3.3%0.7 fewer in 100 | -34.9%7.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -4.4%$367 less | -36.6%$3,034 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Farming Sim and Life Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 110 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 110 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fields of Mistria (31.6% of the money): 109 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 66 of 110.
Farming Sim is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Farming Sim | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view382 of 406 launches | Without the breakout405 of 406 launches | Last 18 months229 of 406 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 40649 hits | 38246 hits | 40548 hits | 22920 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 12.1 in 100 | 12.0 in 100 | 11.9 in 100 | 8.7 in 1001 in 11 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,337top tenth $155,778+ | $1,557 | $1,274 | $1,131 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -1.7%0.2 fewer in 100 | -28.1%3.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +16.5%$220 more | -4.7%$63 less | -15.4%$206 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Farming Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 406 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 24 of 406 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Farming Simulator 25 (35.6% of the money): 405 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 229 of 406.
Life Sim holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Life Sim | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view990 of 1,055 launches | Without the breakout1,054 of 1,055 launches | Last 18 months609 of 1,055 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,055137 hits | 990128 hits | 1,054136 hits | 60969 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 13.0 in 100 | 12.9 in 100 | 12.9 in 100 | 11.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,122top tenth $139,609+ | $2,225 | $2,122 | $1,920 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -0.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.1%1.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.9%$103 more | 0.0%no change | -9.5%$202 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Life Sim, 6 to 30 months old: 1,055 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 65 of 1,055 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Fields of Mistria (9.1% of the money): 1,054 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 609 of 1,055.
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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