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Life Sim + Sandbox
Games tagged both Life Sim and Sandbox: 179 indie paid launches, 30 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Life Sim + Sandbox priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it is level with Life Sim and beats Sandbox.
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.
Life Sim + Sandbox is level with Life Sim and beats Sandbox: 31.7 in 100 of its launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 31.5 in 100 for Life Sim and 30.7 in 100 for Sandbox.
That is about 1.7 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 60 games tagged both Life Sim and Sandbox priced $10 to $20. 31.7 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 31.4 for Life Sim-only games and 30.5 for Sandbox-only games, so the mix is level with Life Sim alone and beats Sandbox alone.
Both: 60 games priced $10 to $20; 31.7 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $31,406.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 60 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.
Life Sim + Sandbox 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 view177 of 179 launches | Without the breakout178 of 179 launches | Last 18 months107 of 179 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 17930 hits | 17730 hits | 17829 hits | 10715 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 16.8 in 100 | 16.9 in 100 | 16.3 in 100 | 14.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $5,564top tenth $213,222+ | $5,564 | $5,564 | $3,822 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +0.6%0.1 more in 100 | -3.0%0.5 fewer in 100 | -16.7%2.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -31.3%$1,742 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Life Sim and Sandbox, 6 to 30 months old: 179 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 179 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Starsand Island (19.4% of the money): 178 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 107 of 179.
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.
Sandbox holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Sandbox | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,352 of 1,394 launches | Without the breakout1,393 of 1,394 launches | Last 18 months822 of 1,394 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,394210 hits | 1,352198 hits | 1,393209 hits | 822109 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.1 in 100 | 14.6 in 100 | 15.0 in 100 | 13.3 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,841top tenth $239,640+ | $1,840 | $1,841 | $1,618 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.3%0.5 fewer in 100 | -0.7%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.9%1.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -0.1%$1 less | 0.0%no change | -12.1%$223 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Sandbox, 6 to 30 months old: 1,394 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 42 of 1,394 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 (22.6% of the money): 1,393 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 822 of 1,394.
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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