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Niches / Futuristic + Space
Futuristic + Space
Games tagged both Futuristic and Space: 83 indie paid launches, 5 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Futuristic + Space priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails Futuristic and beats Space; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
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.
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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 15 games tagged both Futuristic and Space priced $10 to $20. 26.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 15.8 for Futuristic-only games and 14.4 for Space-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 26.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $10,321.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 15 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.
Futuristic + Space 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 view82 of 83 launches | Without the breakout82 of 83 launches | Last 18 months44 of 83 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 835 hits | 825 hits | 824 hits | 441 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.0 in 1001 in 17 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 4.9 in 1001 in 20 | 2.3 in 1001 in 43 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $405top tenth $13,763+ | $405 | $405 | $322 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.7%0.1 more in 100 | -18.3%1.1 fewer in 100 | -61.7%3.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -20.5%$83 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Futuristic and Space, 6 to 30 months old: 83 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 1 of 83 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Star Trucker (73.8% of the money): 82 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 44 of 83.
Futuristic is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| Futuristic | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view453 of 461 launches | Without the breakout460 of 461 launches | Last 18 months227 of 461 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 46130 hits | 45330 hits | 46029 hits | 22710 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.5 in 1001 in 15 | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 | 6.3 in 1001 in 16 | 4.4 in 1001 in 23 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $485top tenth $27,121+ | $484 | $485 | $363 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +1.5%0.1 more in 100 | -3.1%0.2 fewer in 100 | -32.3%2.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -0.2%$1 less | 0.0%no change | -25.2%$122 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged Futuristic, 6 to 30 months old: 461 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 8 of 461 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, shapez 2 - Factory (28.4% of the money): 460 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 227 of 461.
Space holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Space | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view737 of 762 launches | Without the breakout761 of 762 launches | Last 18 months410 of 762 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 76239 hits | 73738 hits | 76138 hits | 41018 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.1 in 1001 in 20 | 5.2 in 1001 in 19 | 5.0 in 1001 in 20 | 4.4 in 1001 in 23 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $324top tenth $24,288+ | $332 | $324 | $323 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +2.0%0.1 more in 100 | -2.0%0.1 fewer in 100 | -13.7%0.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +2.5%$8 more | 0.0%no change | -0.3%$1 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Space, 6 to 30 months old: 762 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 25 of 762 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Jump Space (13.0% of the money): 761 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 410 of 762.
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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