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Should I ship a Racing Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Racing
Only 7 developers shipped a Racing 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, Soap Slide, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 500% 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
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), Racing
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 561 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Football (Soccer) with a different second tag, 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
Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing 2019 · $175k 
Turbo Sliders Unlimited 2024 · $56k 
Aiball 2016 · EA · $8.7k 
Robot Soccer Challenge 2019 · $8.2k 
Eat, Sleep, Bet, Repeat 2017 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing | older | $34.99 | 167 77% | 5.0k | $175k (exactly $175,300) | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
| | Turbo Sliders Unlimited | older | $14.99 | 125 88% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Antti Mannisto |
| | Aiball | · EA older | $1.99 | 145 51% | 4.4k | $8.7k (exactly $8,656) | HFM Games |
| | Robot Soccer Challenge | older | $4.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Render System |
| | Eat, Sleep, Bet, Repeat | older | $14.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
 | Caravan Chaos | older | $4.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Daniel Wiendl |
 | Furious Goal | older | $4.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | czgame |
 | Tractorball | older | $6.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) | Ninja Whale Studios |
 | Soap Slide | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Rise Studio |
 | Space Cheetah Hyper Runner | older | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Matthew Milne |
 | Mini Games Retro 90s | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Ewerton José Wantroba | |
 | Car Football | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Vutune | |
 | Robo | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Anton Vatchenko |
 | SupercarKickers | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Adabana Game Studio | |
 | BumpBot | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | iFFeX | |
 | Bossie Ball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | V_Gamer23 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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