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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + 3D Platformer
Only 7 developers shipped a 3D 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, Running Fable Petite Party, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
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 $1.2k against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $21,405) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 4,604 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
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
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
Turbo Sliders Unlimited 2024 · $56k 
Running Fable Petite Party 2026 · $21k 
You Suck At Football 2025 · $3.3k 
Ultimate Soccer 2025 · $1.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bang-On Balls: Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 4,334 96% | 130k | $3.2M (exactly $3,249,200) | Exit Plan Games |
| | Turbo Sliders Unlimited | older | $14.99 | 125 88% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Antti Mannisto |
| | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
| | You Suck At Football | $4.99 | 22 59% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Gorka Games | |
| | Ultimate Soccer | $2.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Grands | |
 | Soap Slide | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Rise Studio |
 | Free Kick X | older | $0.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,158) | Seito Games |
 | Space Cheetah Hyper Runner | older | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Matthew Milne |
 | Desktop Soccer 2 | older | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX |
 | Desktop Soccer | older | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SAT-BOX |
 | Path to the Goal | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Yuiami Games | |
 | Rolling Football Player | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | Advanced Kick Challenge | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Yuiami Games | |
 | Bossie Ball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | V_Gamer23 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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