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Should I ship a Sports Souls-like?
Souls-like + Sports
Only 6 developers shipped a Sports Souls-like 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, Just Move Fall Dungeon Endless Abyss, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 5% | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 130% on the market, supply 35% 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.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Sports
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,713 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
Lonely Mountains: Downhill 2019 · $1.6M 
Rugby League Team Manager 3 2020 · $90k 
Ball-it Hell 2024 · $33k 
Eggcelerate! to the Tropics 2023 · $13k 
Dark SASI 2018 · $9.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lonely Mountains: Downhill | older | $19.99 | 2,741 89% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,643,778) | Megagon Industries |
| | Rugby League Team Manager 3 | older | $39.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $90k (exactly $89,978) | Alternative Software Ltd |
| | Ball-it Hell | older | $2.99 | 368 95% | 11k | $33k (exactly $33,010) | Jamesika |
| | Eggcelerate! to the Tropics | older | $11.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $13,309) | Tim Beaudet, Tyre Bytes LLC |
| | Dark SASI | older | $0.99 | 313 57% | 9.4k | $9.3k (exactly $9,296) | Narko Games |
 | Just Move Fall Dungeon Endless Abyss | $15.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | daminggede | |
 | Until the last | older | $4.99 | 22 36% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | NedoStudio |
 | Rift Adventure | older | $7.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | GameBrew Studio |
 | Stayhome Simulator | older | $0.99 | 104 78% | 3.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,089) | Two Inc |
 | Gachi Dungeon Master | older | $2.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Slippy Floor |
 | pedalverse | $4.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | FuristicStudio | |
 | BROKEN CLINCH -Crimson Bloom- | $11.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | KasekisaiSquAd | |
 | BOO! ARE YOU SCARED? | $0.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,129) | Paphnutius | |
 | 67 Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | close2 Entertainment |
 | Getaway Golf | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | schizmo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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