The niche at a glance

Football (Soccer) on Steam: 625 released games, 257 in the last 12 months, 270 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 5. 56% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 13%. Football (Soccer) is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included230 releases
p100
p251
median5
p7548
p90279
56% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 13% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
21med 110 · 19% unseen
2020
43med 31 · 26% unseen
2021
40med 17 · 40% unseen
2022
40med 26 · 40% unseen
2023
50med 12 · 48% unseen
2024
54med 8 · 52% unseen
2025
75med 8 · 51% unseen
2026
173med 2 · 65% unseen · 81 too fresh

Football (Soccer) × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Football (Soccer) at least 5 times · same window
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Football (Soccer) ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Realistic23103426.1% 13%–46%17.1%
ordinary ×1.24131 d
EA SPORTS FC™ 26
EA SPORTS FC™ 25
GOALS
EA SPORTS FC™ 26 · EA SPORTS FC™ 25 · GOALS
Cinematic513under 2013.3%
ordinary ×0.42530 d
Soccer Manager 2027
despelote
Soccer Manager 2027 · despelote
Emotional5312under 2013.3%
avoided ×0.22334 d
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road
despelote
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road · despelote
First-Person2591716.0% 6%–35%11.9%
ordinary ×0.54312 d
EA SPORTS FC™ 26
Pro Soccer Online
Football Life Simulator
EA SPORTS FC™ 26 · Pro Soccer Online · Football Life Simulator
Text-Based2091815.0% 5%–36%10.8%
cliché ×2.91720 d
Football Manager 2024
Soccer Manager 2027
Football Referee Simulator
Football Manager 2024 · Soccer Manager 2027 · Football Referee Simulator
3D107491211.2% 7%–19%10.5%
ordinary ×1.41123 d
REMATCH
Football Manager 2024
Pro Soccer Online
REMATCH · Football Manager 2024 · Pro Soccer Online
Story Rich12556under 2010.4%
avoided ×0.34334 d
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road
despelote
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road · despelote
Stylized34151711.8% 5%–27%9.9%
ordinary ×1.15131 d
REMATCH
GOALS
despelote
REMATCH · GOALS · despelote
Comic Book5117under 209.3%
ordinary ×1.17530 d
despelote
despelote
VR511under 209.3%
ordinary ×0.77312 d
Pro Soccer Online
Pro Soccer Online
Family Friendly411949.8% 4%–23%8.7%
cliché ×1.81131 d
EA SPORTS FC™ 26
EA SPORTS FC™ 25
GOALS
EA SPORTS FC™ 26 · EA SPORTS FC™ 25 · GOALS
Third Person422239.5% 4%–22%8.6%
cliché ×1.58123 d
REMATCH
Pro Soccer Online
IOSoccer
REMATCH · Pro Soccer Online · IOSoccer
Hand-drawn8211under 208.3%
ordinary ×0.43530 d
despelote
despelote
Anime1492under 206.9%
ordinary ×0.52334 d
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road
Comedy2212124.5% 1%–22%5.6%
ordinary ×1.33123 d
IOSoccer
IOSoccer
17 pairings cleared 20 releases; 40 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.