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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + 2D Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Football (Soccer) game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Ascending Inferno, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.5k. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 505% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Football (Soccer)
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 93% positive over 100 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Football (Soccer) with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Life SimFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Local MultiplayerLong shot
- + Local Co-OpLong shot
- + Football (American)Long shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
Pocket League Story 2022 · $43k 
Ascending Inferno 2024 · $18k 
Football Fictional World Simulator 2026 · $11k 
World Fighting Soccer 22 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | Pocket League Story | older | $8.99 | 160 88% | 4.8k | $43k (exactly $43,152) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Ascending Inferno | $10.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,134) | Oppolyon Studios | |
| | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
| | World Fighting Soccer 22 | older | $4.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Melko Game Club |
 | Citrus Rampage | older | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | TechBooh |
 | Average Human Ball Game | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Ultra Hypa Studios | |
 | Mini Games Retro 90s | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Ewerton José Wantroba | |
 | Nonsense Soccer | · EA older | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Antti Kolehmainen |
 | Soccer Kid Collection (QUByte Classics) | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | QUByte Interactive | |
 | KICKSLAUGHT | · EA | $0.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | RedenelGO |
 | Yapori Minigames | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Hayllon | |
 | Ocean Goal | $29.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ocean Goal, Obstacle Sprint | |
 | Tacball | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Georg Stejskal, Christopher Hribar | |
 | Friendly Duel | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Friendly Duel |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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