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Should I ship a Life Sim Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Life Sim
Only 10 developers shipped a Life Sim 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, Football Life Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $10k, ×6.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $3.6k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Top 25% | $60k (exactly $60,404) |
| Top 5% | $940k (exactly $939,730) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Life Sim
- 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), Life Sim
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 2,174 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Football (Soccer) with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + 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
- + StrategyPoor odds
Comparable games
Football Life Simulator 2025 · EA · $940k 
CFS (Chinese Football Simulator) 2026 · $87k 
Sports Card Shop Simulator 2026 · EA · $60k 
Goalgetter 2023 · $58k 
Football Club Simulator - FCS #21 2016 · $55k | 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 |
| | CFS (Chinese Football Simulator) | $9.99 | 290 67% | 8.7k | $87k (exactly $86,913) | 悟空实验室 | |
| | Sports Card Shop Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 155 92% | 4.7k | $60k (exactly $60,404) | OverPowered Team |
| | Goalgetter | older | $19.99 | 96 80% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | netmin games |
| | Football Club Simulator - FCS #21 | older | $9.95 | 183 66% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,625) | Dinamic Games |
 | Pocket League Story | older | $8.99 | 160 88% | 4.8k | $43k (exactly $43,152) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Tennis Manager 2024 | older | $9.99 | 94 77% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Rebound |
 | Football Rising:Zero to Hero | $14.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $24,284) | Den Spade | |
 | Regista: Reign Your Football Club | $4.99 | 68 67% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | dicehit | |
 | Sunday League Manager: Horse and Spoon | $8.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.0k (exactly $4,046) | christianosway | |
 | Coastal Summit Sports: College Athletics 27 | $9.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Coastal Summit Sports | |
 | Football Boardroom | · EA | $11.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | TheHydraFlash |
 | HALFTIME Manager | · EA | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Lazybraindev |
 | My Scout Life | $4.00 | 6 83% | 180 | $720 (exactly $720) | Rakun Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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