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Niches / Management + RTS
Management + RTS
Games tagged both Management and RTS: 47 indie paid launches, 12 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Management + RTS 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.
Management + RTS beats both its tags: 5 of its 15 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 29.7 in 100 for Management and 19.3 in 100 for RTS.
Small sample: 15 launches, 5 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 15 games tagged both Management and RTS priced $10 to $20. 33.3 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 29.6 for Management-only games and 17.3 for RTS-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 15 games priced $10 to $20; 33.3 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $21,454.
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.
Management + RTS 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 view45 of 47 launches | Without the breakout46 of 47 launches | Last 18 months28 of 47 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 4712 hits | 4512 hits | 4611 hits | 287 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 25.5 in 100 | 26.7 in 100 | 23.9 in 100 | 25.0 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $5,016top tenth $281,739+ | $5,178 | $5,016 | $2,136 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +4.7%1.2 more in 100 | -6.3%1.6 fewer in 100 | -2.0%0.5 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +3.2%$162 more | 0.0%no change | -57.4%$2,880 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Management and RTS, 6 to 30 months old: 47 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 47 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 (65.0% of the money): 46 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 28 of 47.
Management holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Management | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,251 of 1,289 launches | Without the breakout1,288 of 1,289 launches | Last 18 months799 of 1,289 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,289202 hits | 1,251192 hits | 1,288201 hits | 799101 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 15.7 in 100 | 15.3 in 100 | 15.6 in 100 | 12.6 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $3,638top tenth $199,870+ | $3,638 | $3,638 | $2,832 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.5%0.4 fewer in 100 | -0.6%0.1 fewer in 100 | -19.7%3.1 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -22.2%$806 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Management, 6 to 30 months old: 1,289 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 38 of 1,289 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Schedule I (30.3% of the money): 1,288 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 799 of 1,289.
RTS holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| RTS | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view487 of 525 launches | Without the breakout524 of 525 launches | Last 18 months277 of 525 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 52549 hits | 48749 hits | 52448 hits | 27729 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 9.3 in 1001 in 11 | 10.1 in 100 | 9.2 in 1001 in 11 | 10.5 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $685top tenth $80,960+ | $848 | $685 | $787 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +8.6%0.8 more in 100 | -1.1%0.1 fewer in 100 | +12.9%1.2 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +23.8%$163 more | 0.0%no change | +14.9%$102 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged RTS, 6 to 30 months old: 525 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 38 of 525 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 (14.1% of the money): 524 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 277 of 525.
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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