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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Real Time Tactics
Only 11 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics 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.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $35M, ×23967 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $134k (exactly $133,733) |
| Top 5% | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 63,424 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
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
REMATCH 2025 · $36M 
Pro Soccer Online 2025 · $3.5M 
Motion Soccer PRO 2025 · $134k 
Super Arcade Football 2021 · $64k 
Tennis Manager 2021 2021 · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | REMATCH | $29.99 | 39,905 70% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,902,528) | Sloclap | |
| | Pro Soccer Online | $4.99 | 23,241 82% | 697k | $3.5M (exactly $3,479,178) | Skywall Studios LLC | |
| | Motion Soccer PRO | $19.99 | 223 79% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $133,733) | Ivanovich Games | |
| | Super Arcade Football | older | $12.99 | 164 68% | 4.9k | $64k (exactly $63,911) | OutOfTheBit Ltd |
| | Tennis Manager 2021 | older | $9.99 | 191 75% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $57,243) | Rebound |
 | Torchance 6 | older | $19.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Big Blaze Games |
 | F11 Football Manager | $3.99 | 32 75% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Factotum | |
 | Football Career Mode 26 | $17.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | 44games | |
 | Soccer With Satan | older | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Studio Gauntlet |
 | Retro Manager | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Mark Stables | |
 | HALFTIME Manager | · EA | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Lazybraindev |
 | Street Soccer Online | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Jagger Game Studio |
 | FootBall Card Battle | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Robi and Kriszti | |
 | Five Feet | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Fernando Soledad (Menexeno) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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