How much revenue did Football Manager 2024 make?

Football Manager 2024 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Football Manager 2024 sell?

Q: How many copies did Football Manager 2024 sell?

679k to 1.1M copies, based on its 28k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 679k–1.1M; from 28k 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 2024 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Football Manager 2024's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.4M

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

≈ 1.0M–1.4M copies

≈ $36.5M after Steam's cut

from ~39k 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, priced around $70. The breakout hits carry Team-Based + Controller + e-sports; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. 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.

Similar games

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Football Manager 2021 2020	Est. copies ≈ 630k–1.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
NBA 2K23 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	51k reviews Mixed	Immersive SimBasketball
NBA 2K22 2021	Est. copies ≈ 965k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	39k reviews Mixed	SportsBasketball
NBA 2K25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.8M–$53.2M after Steam's cut $36.0M–$81.8M before the cut	$69.99	43k reviews Mixed	SportsBasketball
Football Manager 2020 2019	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	150k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Sports
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Football Manager 2022 2021	Est. copies ≈ 533k–867k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	22k reviews Very Positive	SportsManagement