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Should I ship a Co-op Football (Soccer) game?
Co-op + Football (Soccer)
Of 23 developers who shipped a Co-op 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.. 38 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240. 38 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 140% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $55,313) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 89 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op
- effort 7 / 10 · low · co-op on Steam means online sessions and drop-in sync
- Football (Soccer)
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op, Football (Soccer); 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Sports, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 50% positive over 100,251 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
EA SPORTS FC™ 26 2025 · $209M 
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020 · $9.1M 
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition 2022 · $446k 
Kopanito All-Stars Soccer 2016 · $437k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EA SPORTS FC™ 26 | $69.99 | 99,773 50% | 3.0M | $209M (exactly $209,493,368) | EA Canada, EA Romania | |
| | Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions | older | $59.99 | 5,072 73% | 152k | $9.1M (exactly $9,128,078) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION |
| | Bang-On Balls: Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 4,334 96% | 130k | $3.2M (exactly $3,249,200) | Exit Plan Games |
| | Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition | older | $16.99 | 876 83% | 26k | $446k (exactly $446,497) | BATOVI Games |
| | Kopanito All-Stars Soccer | older | $5.99 | 2,434 84% | 73k | $437k (exactly $437,390) | Merixgames |
 | FootLOL: Epic Soccer League | older | $9.99 | 680 82% | 20k | $204k (exactly $203,796) | HeroCraft |
 | Active Soccer 3 | $14.99 | 123 72% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | The Fox Software | |
 | Gaelic Football Laochra | $34.99 | 52 78% | 1.6k | $55k (exactly $54,584) | Buck Eejit Games | |
 | Golazo! Soccer League | older | $8.99 | 199 80% | 6.0k | $54k (exactly $53,670) | Purple Tree S R L |
 | Golazo! 2 | older | $14.99 | 109 77% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Purple Tree S R L |
 | Pimbolas | $9.99 | 89 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | Nano Knight Studio | |
 | Drunken FC | · EA | $6.99 | 71 80% | 2.1k | $15k (exactly $14,889) | Sloppy Games, Red Herring Labs |
 | Wild Rumble | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Mean Mink | |
 | GOKA Street | · EA | $4.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | Blay Games |
 | 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 | |
 | Ultimate Soccer | $2.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Grands |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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