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Should I ship a Sports Class-Based game?
Class-Based + Sports
Only 15 developers shipped a Sports Class-Based 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, Run from the Cops!, 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, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×1.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $99k, ×66 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 27 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 5% | $100k (exactly $99,575) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 550% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Sports
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Run from the Cops! 2025 · $100k 
Beetleball 2026 · $85k 
Goons: Legends & Mayhem 2024 · $46k 
Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike 2026 · $38k 
PowerWash Adventure 2023 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Run from the Cops! | $39.99 | 83 92% | 2.5k | $100k (exactly $99,575) | CAPITAL RUN | |
| | Beetleball | $7.99 | 354 93% | 11k | $85k (exactly $84,854) | Bugfight Studio | |
| | Goons: Legends & Mayhem | older | $19.99 | 77 84% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | RageCure Games |
| | Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike | $11.99 | 106 83% | 3.2k | $38k (exactly $38,128) | Goblinz Studio, Ernestine | |
| | PowerWash Adventure | older | $7.99 | 93 75% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,292) | Grass Digital Technology |
 | Gridiron Masters '98 | · EA | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Software98 |
 | Dorts : A Darts Roguelike | $8.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | MovingPixels | |
 | Go Babies | $0.99 | 97 81% | 2.9k | $2.9k (exactly $2,881) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Rotate or Die | $0.99 | 94 84% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Sokker | $2.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Sokpop Collective | |
 | .FARM RACING. | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | KOTOMANN | |
 | FootballLife | $17.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | 小伍 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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