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Should I ship an Adventure Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Adventure
Only 15 developers shipped an Adventure 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, despelote, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×2.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×304 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,484) |
| Top 5% | $455k (exactly $454,647) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 50% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Adventure
- 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), Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,462 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 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
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
Comparable games
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
despelote 2025 · $455k 
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy 2010 · $151k 
Fantasista Asuka 2026 · $106k 
Soccer Story 2022 · $74k | 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 |
| | despelote | $14.99 | 1,011 95% | 30k | $455k (exactly $454,647) | Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena | |
| | Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy | older | $14.99 | 335 90% | 10k | $151k (exactly $150,650) | HeR Interactive |
| | Fantasista Asuka | $19.99 | 177 87% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. | |
| | Soccer Story | older | $19.99 | 123 53% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | PanicBarn |
 | Footgun: Underground | older | $14.99 | 102 85% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | Turtle Knight Games |
 | Alpaca Ball: Allstars | older | $19.99 | 59 91% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $35,382) | Salt Castle Studio |
 | Tiny Football | older | $9.99 | 90 72% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Martyn Bissett |
 | Football Drama | older | $11.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $25,898) | Open Lab Games, Demigiant |
 | Ascending Inferno | $10.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,134) | Oppolyon Studios | |
 | The Beautiful Game - Book One | $9.99 | 55 92% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Daggum Games | |
 | Wild Rumble | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Mean Mink | |
 | Regista: Reign Your Football Club | $4.99 | 68 67% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | dicehit | |
 | Lucky Goal | $4.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Woondas | |
 | You Suck At Football | $4.99 | 22 59% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Gorka Games | |
 | Road To Glory | $5.90 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.2k (exactly $1,239) | UPLAY Online | |
 | MY WIFE IS A FOOTBALL COACH | $4.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Mizuki Kabiwani |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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