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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Football (Soccer) game?
Online Co-Op + Football (Soccer)
Only 15 developers shipped an Online Co-Op 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, EA SPORTS FC™ 26, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is down 75% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) |
| Top 5% | $209M (exactly $209,493,368) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 75% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 38%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Football (Soccer)
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Football (Soccer)
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 140,124 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
EA SPORTS FC™ 26 2025 · $209M 
REMATCH 2025 · $36M 
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020 · $9.1M 
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS 2026 · $594k | 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 | |
| | REMATCH | $29.99 | 39,905 70% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) | Sloclap | |
| | 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 |
| | CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS | $59.99 | 330 50% | 9.9k | $594k (exactly $593,901) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION | |
 | FootLOL: Epic Soccer League | older | $9.99 | 680 82% | 20k | $204k (exactly $203,796) | HeroCraft |
 | No Fair Play | older | $2.99 | 452 90% | 14k | $41k (exactly $40,544) | Self MADev |
 | Save Your Nuts | older | $9.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Triple Scale Games |
 | GOKA Street | · EA | $4.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | Blay Games |
 | Crazy Soccer: Football Stars | older | $9.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | HeroLabs |
 | 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 | |
 | Soccer in a Box | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | WaveBox Labs | |
 | Soccer Pro Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Hard Shark Games |
 | THE REF - Football Referee Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | HustleGrow AB |
 | Handgun Football | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | )erek( |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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