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Niches 1 Oct

Of 2,257 niches with 100+ launches at any price, Without the breakout, 798 beat the 1 in 16 base rate. Price moves the odds most: 1 in 192 under $5, 42 in 100 at $20 to $40.798 of 2,257 niches beat the 1 in 16 base rate.798 beat the base rate.

Cohort median $606

Niches

Every tag pair (two tags on the same game), screened by how often its indie launches earned $100k or more in their first year. Pick your price first: price moves the odds more than the tags do.

Indie paid Steam launches 6 to 30 months old, data 1 Oct 2026. A hit is an estimated first year of $100k+. The revenue estimate is soft: about 5 to 8 in 100 launches overall.

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Pairs that hit $100k+ beyond the oddsFree until launch

Incremental + Resource Managementabout 8.3 times expected at its prices14 in 100
1Incremental + Resource Management14 in 100114 launches2Idler + Resource Management13 in 100119 launches3Incremental + Management11 in 100157 launches4Incremental + Pixel Graphics1 in13214 launches5Idler + Pixel Graphics1 in12262 launches

Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.

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The niche list

The Without the breakout lens is computed across all prices only for now, so this list reads All prices. Pick Standard to read $10 to $20.

Best odds at my priceChance of $100k+, read within one price band.Opens $10 to $20, Standard lens.Steady marketsHolds in every lens and no single game owns it.Loads the 30+ launches view.Biggest typical yearWhat the middle launch earned, highest first.Loads the 30+ launches view.Biggest upsideWhat the top tenth earned at least.Loads the 30+ launches view.Proven at scale100+ launches and above the base rate.Now: Base Building + Colony Sim, 33 in 100. 798 match.Busiest marketsMost launches first: where the competition is.Loads the 30+ launches view.
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2,257 of 5,145 niches have 100+ launches at any price, Without the breakout. Sorted by chance of $100k+, highest first.

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Niches at any price, Without the breakout, sorted by chance of $100k+. The first row is the base rate.
Rank#NicheChance of $100k+Typical yearTop 1 in 10LaunchesMarkersPin
All games at any price, Without the breakoutthe base rate: the row to beat 1 in 161,804 of 29,637 $606not computed 29,637
1 33 in 100 earned $100k+, from 100 launches 33 in 10033 hits $27,623 not computed 100 none Pin Base Building + Colony Sim
2 32 in 100 earned $100k+, from 142 launches 32 in 10045 hits $14,874 not computed 142 none Pin Base Building + Management
3 31 in 100 earned $100k+, from 166 launches 31 in 10052 hits $8,568 not computed 166 Audience Pin Base Building + Sandbox
4 29 in 100 earned $100k+, from 146 launches 29 in 10042 hits $18,453 not computed 146 1-hit Pin Base Building + Crafting
5 28 in 100 earned $100k+, from 137 launches 28 in 10039 hits $9,097 not computed 137 1-hit Pin City Builder + Management
6 28 in 100 earned $100k+, from 138 launches 28 in 10039 hits $8,496 not computed 138 1-hit Pin City Builder + Sandbox
7 27 in 100 earned $100k+, from 147 launches 27 in 10040 hits $9,410 not computed 147 1-hit Pin Base Building + City Builder
8 27 in 100 earned $100k+, from 122 launches 27 in 10033 hits $7,080 not computed 122 none Pin City Builder + Colony Sim
9 27 in 100 earned $100k+, from 168 launches 27 in 10045 hits $9,903 not computed 168 none Pin Base Building + Survival
10 27 in 100 earned $100k+, from 127 launches 27 in 10034 hits $4,857 not computed 127 Audience Pin Base Building + Exploration
11 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 123 launches 26 in 10032 hits $10,722 not computed 123 1-hit Pin Crafting + Open World
12 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 105 launches 26 in 10027 hits $6,678 not computed 105 1-hit Pin City Builder + Resource Management
13 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 180 launches 26 in 10046 hits $7,433 not computed 180 1-hit Pin Base Building + Simulation
14 26 in 100 earned $100k+, from 243 launches 26 in 10062 hits $10,522 not computed 243 none Pin Management + Sandbox
15 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 177 launches 25 in 10045 hits $4,857 not computed 177 none Pin Building + Crafting
16 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 213 launches 25 in 10054 hits $8,234 not computed 213 none Pin Open World + Sandbox
17 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 158 launches 25 in 10040 hits $7,502 not computed 158 Audience Pin Co-op + First-Person
18 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 155 launches 25 in 10039 hits $8,498 not computed 155 none Pin Exploration + Multiplayer
19 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 128 launches 25 in 10032 hits $12,561 not computed 128 none Pin Online Co-Op + Simulation
20 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 101 launches 25 in 10025 hits $5,178 not computed 101 1-hit Pin Historical + Simulation
21 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 267 launches 25 in 10066 hits $7,828 not computed 267 none Pin Building + Management
22 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 134 launches 25 in 10033 hits $9,346 not computed 134 none Pin Exploration + Online Co-Op
23 25 in 100 earned $100k+, from 114 launches 25 in 10028 hits $4,731 not computed 114 Audience Pin Multiplayer + Survival
24 24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 111 launches 24 in 10027 hits $7,485 not computed 111 none Pin Online Co-Op + PvE
25 Crafting + Exploration24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 195 launches 24 in 10046 hits $4,248 not computed 195 none Pin Crafting + Exploration

24 in 100 earned $100k+, from 195 launches at any price, Without the breakout. That is about 3.9 times the base rate.

Base rate at any price, Without the breakout: 1 in 16 (1,804 of 29,637 launches earned $100k+).

Typical first year $4,248. Top 1 in 10 is not computed for lenses yet.

Lens check, all pricesHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.

No warning markers: no single game holds half the money, the sample is 50+ launches and the audience split is small.

Chance of $100k+ at every price (Standard lens)
PriceChanceLaunchesTypical
All prices24 in 100196$4,451
Under $51 in 5151$363
$5 to $101 in 1648$2,428
$10 to $2037 in 10081$40,281
$20 to $4013 of 16 launches16$901,777

Grey: under 30 launches at that price, written as a count. Odds compare best within one price.

Its two tags alone, at any price, Without the breakout

  • Crafting15 in 100 earned $100k+, from 736 launches
  • Explorationstyle tag1 in 13 earned $100k+, from 5,078 launches
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green beats the base ratecoral below it bar: the chance; amber tick: the base rate1-hit one game holds over half the moneySmall under 50 launches in this viewAudience reads differently for Western players

Under 30 launches a chance is written as a count ("3 of 12"), never as odds. Typical year is the middle launch's first-year earnings. Lenses, the one-hit share and the audience split are measured across all prices. A game counts in every pair its tags make.

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