How much revenue did Football Manager 2023 make?

Football Manager 2023 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Football Manager 2023 sell?

Q: How many copies did Football Manager 2023 sell?

475k to 773k copies, based on its 20k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 475k–773k; from 20k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Football Manager 2023 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Football Manager 2023's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 859k–1.3M

best case 4.7M (EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23)

The Simulation genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 859k–1.3M copies

from ~32k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Sports. The breakout hits carry Controller + Team-Based + e-sports; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	150k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Sports
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