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Sports + God Game
Only 11 developers shipped a God Game Sports 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, Mutant Football League 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $101,210) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, God Game
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 5 games average 75% positive over 176 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Mutant Football League 2017 · $206k 
FootLOL: Epic Soccer League 2014 · $204k 
Mutant Football League 2 2025 · $101k 
Football Fictional World Simulator 2026 · $11k 
Meddl Dash 2024 · $6.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mutant Football League | older | $9.99 | 689 93% | 21k | $206k (exactly $206,493) | Digital Dreams Entertainment |
| | FootLOL: Epic Soccer League | older | $9.99 | 680 82% | 20k | $204k (exactly $203,796) | HeroCraft |
| | Mutant Football League 2 | $24.99 | 135 73% | 4.1k | $101k (exactly $101,210) | Digital Dreams Entertainment | |
| | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
| | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
 | Crazy Soccer: Football Stars | older | $9.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | HeroLabs |
 | The Dunkers | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | UO 5 rusa | |
 | Outer Space Bar | $8.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | OZNA STUDIO | |
 | KOLOSS | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Breakpoint One, Simmation |
 | DRIFTHUB | older | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Mevlut kart |
 | Mortality | $69.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 臻新 | |
 | Significant | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Significant | |
 | Astonishing | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | xiaoou | |
 | VR Dunk Assistant | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 夜行者, night walker | |
 | 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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