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Should I ship a Futuristic Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Futuristic
Only 10 developers shipped a Futuristic 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, REMATCH, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Futuristic
- 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)
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 70% positive over 39,923 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Football (Soccer) with a different setting or mood, 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
REMATCH 2025 · $36M 
Footgun: Underground 2024 · $46k 
Dash Cup Kickers 2023 · EA · $4.3k 
Free Kick X 2021 · $1.2k 
Jetball 2017 · EA · $899 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | REMATCH | $29.99 | 39,905 70% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) | Sloclap | |
| | Footgun: Underground | older | $14.99 | 102 85% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | Turtle Knight Games |
| | Dash Cup Kickers | · EA older | $11.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | ROKOJORI |
| | Free Kick X | older | $0.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,158) | Seito Games |
| | Jetball | · EA older | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Codevictus Inc. |
 | Savage Arena: Dead Ball Zone | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group | |
 | Average Human Ball Game | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Ultra Hypa Studios | |
 | Jetpack Stadium | · EA older | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tourism Infinity |
 | Car Football | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Vutune | |
 | WarpBall | · EA older | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Unruly Attractions |
 | Handgun Football | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | )erek( | |
 | FOOSBALL RUNNER | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Kalin Petkov | |
 | Super Strike Champions | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SilverFoxIGS | |
 | Space Soccer Showdown | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Brancoberto | |
 | Giraffe Champion 2: Football Rock | $29.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | John Ramstedt | |
 | MEGA GOAT FOOTBALL: Cyberia Arena | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Balderrama Marcos Leonardo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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