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Should I ship a Resource Management Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Resource Management
Only 15 developers shipped a Resource Management 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, Copa City: Matchday Manager, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×2.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×124 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,793) |
| Top 5% | $185k (exactly $185,176) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 1300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Resource Management
- 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), Resource Management
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 862 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 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
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
Comparable games
Football, Tactics & Glory 2018 · $3.0M 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
Copa City: Matchday Manager 2026 · $185k 
Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing 2019 · $175k 
CFS (Chinese Football Simulator) 2026 · $87k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Football, Tactics & Glory | older | $24.99 | 3,998 87% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $2,997,301) | Creoteam |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
| | Copa City: Matchday Manager | $24.99 | 247 72% | 7.4k | $185k (exactly $185,176) | Triple Espresso S.A. | |
| | Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing | older | $34.99 | 167 77% | 5.0k | $175k (exactly $175,300) | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
| | CFS (Chinese Football Simulator) | $9.99 | 290 67% | 8.7k | $87k (exactly $86,913) | 悟空实验室 | |
 | Goalgetter | older | $19.99 | 96 80% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | netmin games |
 | Tennis Manager 2021 | older | $9.99 | 191 75% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $57,243) | Rebound |
 | Pocket League Story | older | $8.99 | 160 88% | 4.8k | $43k (exactly $43,152) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Football Agent | · EA | $11.99 | 110 82% | 3.3k | $40k (exactly $39,567) | ATERO GAMES |
 | Tennis Manager 2024 | older | $9.99 | 94 77% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Rebound |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Empire Eleven 2026 | $9.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | NextStation Games | |
 | Lazy Kickers | $2.99 | 85 90% | 2.6k | $7.6k (exactly $7,625) | Sos Sosowski | |
 | Kevin Toms Football Star Manager | $5.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | Kevin Toms | |
 | Gold ’n Goal | $2.99 | 34 55% | 1.0k | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) | Frog Hammer | |
 | Miranza Futebol Clube | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Porto Inc. | |
 | Match Cards: Football | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | PlayeRom |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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