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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + 4 Player Local
Only 14 developers shipped a 4 Player Local 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, Active Soccer 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $15k, ×9.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $55k, ×37 the market median. Revenue is up 13225% on the market; 27 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,405) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $55,313) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 13225% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $13.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 381 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 27 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
Comparable games
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020 · $9.1M 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
Kopanito All-Stars Soccer 2016 · $437k 
Toasterball 2023 · $97k 
Super Arcade Football 2021 · $64k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions | older | $59.99 | 5,072 73% | 152k | $9.1M (exactly $9,128,078) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
| | Kopanito All-Stars Soccer | older | $5.99 | 2,434 84% | 73k | $437k (exactly $437,390) | Merixgames |
| | Toasterball | older | $9.99 | 324 96% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $97,103) | Les Crafteurs |
| | Super Arcade Football | older | $12.99 | 164 68% | 4.9k | $64k (exactly $63,911) | OutOfTheBit Ltd |
 | Active Soccer 3 | $14.99 | 123 72% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | The Fox Software | |
 | Golazo! Soccer League | older | $8.99 | 199 80% | 6.0k | $54k (exactly $53,670) | Purple Tree S R L |
 | Super Soccer Blast | older | $7.99 | 134 70% | 4.0k | $32k (exactly $32,120) | Unfinished Pixel |
 | Pimbolas | $9.99 | 89 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | Nano Knight Studio | |
 | Ganbare! Super Strikers | older | $9.99 | 85 85% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | rese |
 | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 | $19.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | Winning Streak Games GmbH | |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Lacrosse 26 | $34.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $18k (exactly $17,845) | Crosse Studios | |
 | Beat The Champions | $19.99 | 26 73% | 780 | $16k (exactly $15,592) | Purple Tree S R L, Whiteboard Games | |
 | Wild Rumble | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Mean Mink | |
 | Street Basket Challenge | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Ronald Games | |
 | Super Arcade Soccer 2026 | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Calvary Games | |
 | Foxyball | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Hayen Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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