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Should I ship a Management Football (American) game?
Football (American) + Management
Only 18 developers shipped a Management Football (American) 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, Football Coach: College Dynasty, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×2.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $890k, ×594 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 18 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,793) |
| Top 5% | $891k (exactly $890,554) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.00 |
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 70% on the market, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Football (American)
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (American), Management; all of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Sports, Strategy
- Price point
- $10.00 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.00.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 1,830 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Football (American) with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TacticalStrong odds
- + Character CustomizationStrong odds
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + PvPFair
- + SportsFair
- + ActionFair
- + Football (Soccer)Long shot
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Football Coach: College Dynasty 2025 · $891k 
AFL 23 2023 · $666k 
Front Office Football Eight 2016 · $165k 
Axis Football 2024 2023 · $124k 
Axis Football 2023 2022 · $114k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Football Coach: College Dynasty | $19.99 | 1,485 95% | 45k | $891k (exactly $890,554) | SidelineSim Studios | |
| | AFL 23 | older | $59.99 | 370 45% | 11k | $666k (exactly $665,889) | Big Ant Studios |
| | Front Office Football Eight | older | $19.99 | 275 84% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Solecismic Software |
| | Axis Football 2024 | older | $19.99 | 207 71% | 6.2k | $124k (exactly $124,138) | Axis Games |
| | Axis Football 2023 | older | $14.99 | 254 78% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $114,224) | Axis Games |
 | Rugby League Team Manager 3 | older | $39.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $90k (exactly $89,978) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Rugby Union Team Manager 4 | older | $39.99 | 60 70% | 1.8k | $72k (exactly $71,982) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Rugby Union Team Manager 3 | older | $39.99 | 58 68% | 1.7k | $70k (exactly $69,583) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Axis Football 2026 | $19.99 | 115 75% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Axis Games | |
 | Axis Football 2020 | older | $9.99 | 154 71% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $46,154) | Axis Games |
 | Axis Football 2027 | $19.99 | 44 72% | 1.3k | $26k (exactly $26,387) | Axis Games | |
 | War Room Football | $9.99 | 71 94% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $21,279) | Tanish Jagtap | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2026 | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Kerry Batts | |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Gridiron Masters '98 | · EA | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Software98 |
 | Football Dynasty Manager | $14.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Nekolitch Games | |
 | Brutal Ball Manager 2 | · EA | $9.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Stout Kassel Games |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2027 | $24.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Kerry Batts |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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