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Should I ship a Strategy Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Strategy
Of 49 developers who shipped a Strategy Football (Soccer) game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 84 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×1.1 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. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 84 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) |
| Top 25% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Top 5% | $185k (exactly $185,176) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 49 |
| Released games | 121 |
| Announced | 84 |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Football (Soccer), Strategy; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Simulation, Management
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Text-Based
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 39% positive over 22,773 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 84 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Football Manager 26 2025 · $39M 
Football, Tactics & Glory 2018 · $3.0M 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2021 · $629k 
Adorables 2016 · $452k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Football Manager 26 | $59.99 | 21,490 37% | 645k | $39M (exactly $38,675,553) | Sports Interactive | |
| | 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 |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL | older | $24.99 | 839 75% | 25k | $629k (exactly $628,998) | Winning Streak Games |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
 | GOAL! The Club Manager | · EA older | $29.99 | 364 33% | 11k | $327k (exactly $327,491) | 2tainment |
 | NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager | $24.99 | 378 89% | 11k | $283k (exactly $283,387) | Sumo Digital, Sumo Digital Academy | |
 | 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. |
 | Lords of Football | older | $14.99 | 280 51% | 8.4k | $126k (exactly $125,916) | Geniaware Srl |
 | World of Football | · EA | $9.99 | 197 81% | 5.9k | $59k (exactly $59,041) | Vault Game Studio |
 | FD 27: Direct Your Football Club | · EA | $11.99 | 121 56% | 3.6k | $44k (exactly $43,524) | Syra Games |
 | Football Agent | · EA | $11.99 | 110 82% | 3.3k | $40k (exactly $39,567) | ATERO GAMES |
 | Pup Champs | $12.99 | 101 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Afterburn | |
 | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 | $19.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | Winning Streak Games GmbH | |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Regista: Reign Your Football Club | $4.99 | 68 67% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | dicehit |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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