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Should I ship a Choices Matter Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Choices Matter
Of 25 developers who shipped a Choices Matter Football (Soccer) game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 41 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×0.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $590k, ×396 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 41 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,239) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 5% | $594k (exactly $593,901) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 41 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 425% 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
- Choices Matter
- 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), Choices Matter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Sports, Character Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 2,164 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 21 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
Football Life Simulator 2025 · EA · $940k 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2021 · $629k 
CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS 2026 · $594k 
GOAL! The Club Manager 2022 · EA · $327k 
Goalgetter 2023 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Football Life Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 1,567 68% | 47k | $940k (exactly $939,730) | Ludu Arts |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL | older | $24.99 | 839 75% | 25k | $629k (exactly $628,998) | Winning Streak Games |
| | CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS | $59.99 | 330 50% | 9.9k | $594k (exactly $593,901) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION | |
| | GOAL! The Club Manager | · EA older | $29.99 | 364 33% | 11k | $327k (exactly $327,491) | 2tainment |
| | Goalgetter | older | $19.99 | 96 80% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | netmin games |
 | Club Manager 2016 | older | $19.99 | 66 50% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | BigBlaze Games |
 | Trivia Vault: Soccer Trivia | older | $13.99 | 75 66% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Football Drama | older | $11.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $25,898) | Open Lab Games, Demigiant |
 | Football Rising:Zero to Hero | $14.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $24,284) | Den Spade | |
 | Super Slam Dunk Touchdown | older | $15.00 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,450) | Tipping Goat LLC |
 | The Beautiful Game - Book One | $9.99 | 55 92% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Daggum Games | |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Regista: Reign Your Football Club | $4.99 | 68 67% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | dicehit | |
 | Empire Eleven 2026 | $9.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | NextStation Games | |
 | Sunday League Manager: Horse and Spoon | $8.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.0k (exactly $4,046) | christianosway | |
 | Goaldeck | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Pro Nobis Studio | |
 | Coastal Summit Sports: College Athletics 27 | $9.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Coastal Summit Sports |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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