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Should I ship a Turn-Based Strategy Football (Soccer) game?
Football (Soccer) + Turn-Based Strategy
Only 10 developers shipped a Turn-Based Strategy 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, Boeckham's Football Manager, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 60% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 27 |
| 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 60% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- Turn-Based 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), Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 86% positive over 121 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 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, Tactics & Glory 2018 · $3.0M 
GOAL! The Club Manager 2022 · EA · $327k 
Club Manager 2016 2015 · $40k 
Ganbare! Super Strikers 2018 · $25k 
Boeckham's Football Manager 2025 · $9.0k | 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 |
| | GOAL! The Club Manager | · EA older | $29.99 | 364 33% | 11k | $327k (exactly $327,491) | 2tainment |
| | Club Manager 2016 | older | $19.99 | 66 50% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | BigBlaze Games |
| | Ganbare! Super Strikers | older | $9.99 | 85 85% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | rese |
| | Boeckham's Football Manager | $4.99 | 60 91% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Bitbeast Games | |
 | GOOOAL | older | $2.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,252) | SmoochGM |
 | Tactics Unlimited | · EA | $19.99 | 13 30% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | 2tainment |
 | Goaldeck | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Pro Nobis Studio | |
 | Crazy Robot Ball | $5.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Blue Band Studio | |
 | TableTop Soccer | older | $0.99 | 94 76% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Dancing Developers |
 | Tactilite | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Eloori Interactive | |
 | My Scout Life | $4.00 | 6 83% | 180 | $720 (exactly $720) | Rakun Interactive | |
 | Hangman Pro | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Hard Shark Games |
 | The Killer Pass: Season 1 | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Hi-Develop | |
 | Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89 | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | NEXUS ODYSSEY HOLDINGS LLC |
 | 桌上足球 TableSoccer | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YongyeGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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